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Who is Telemachus? Category 1 – 10 Points Odysseus& Penelope’s son
What are the suitors after? Category 1 – 20 Points -Penelope’s hand in marriage -Odysseus's land and money
What does Athena instruct Telemachus to do? Category 1 – 30 Points -hold an assembly for suitors -go to Sparta and Pylos to search for information on Odysseus from nester and Menelaus
Why does the court bard make Penelope cry? Category 1 – 40 Points Because the song is about the Greeks journey home from Troy
Who are the two suitors that speak out against Telemachus? Category 1 – 50 Points Antinous and Eurymachus
Who is Laertes? Category 2 – 10 Points Penelope’s father-in-law
How has Penelope managed to put off selecting a suitor? Category 2 – 20 Points Unwove at night what she had woven during the day
What does Antinous feel should happen to Penelope if she does not choose a suitor? Category 2 – 30 Points Be sent to her father Icarius for him to choose
What appears at the end of the assembly and what does it symbolize? Category 2 – 40 Points Eagles, and they symbolize that Odysseus will return and that the suitors should leave or face trouble
Who does Telemachus tell about his trip? Category 2 – 50 Points His nurse
Who are Menelaus and Agamemnon? Category 3 – 10 Points -Leaders of the Trojan war -princes of Sparta
What does Nestor believe of Odysseus? Category 3 – 20 Points That he is alive
What happened to Agamemnon when he returned home? Category 3 – 30 Points His wife gives permission to her new husband to kill him
Who is Pisistratus? Category 3 – 40 Points Son of Nester, sent to accompany Telemachus
How does Nester react when he finds out Athena is Telemachus' mentor? Category 3 – 50 Points -he is excited -has a feast
what are the differences between Ithaca and Sparta? Category 4 – 10 Points Ithaca- no meadows Sparta- meadows and land to roam/run
Who are the king and queen of Sparta? Category 4 – 20 Points Menelaus and Helen
Where was Odysseus captured? Category 4 – 30 Points Calypso’s island
What does Antinous plan to do to Telemachus? Category 4 – 40 Points To attack Telemachus' ship
How does Penelope hear about Antinous’ plan? Category 4 – 50 Points The herald over heard Antinous