1. Odyssey Book 19

3. Write a list of all the main characters in Book 19
Key Characters in Book 19
Write a list of all the main characters in Book 19 ?

4. Write a list of all the main themes in Book 19
Key Themes in Book 19
Write a list of all the main themes in Book 19 ?

5. Summary of Book 19 1-50 50-100 100-150 150-200 200-250 250-300 300-350

6. Lines
Find an example/ quotation that illustrates the themes, characterisation, literary devices etc. outlined in the green boxes
Themes
Storytelling
Gods and Goddesses
Characters
Eurycleia
‘The women’
AOB

7. 1-50 Odysseus commands Telemachus to hide the weapons
Telemachus orders Eurycleia to lock the women away
Eurycleia asks who will carry the lantern. Telemachus says Odysseus/beggar will but Athene does.
Telemachus is in awe of Athene
Themes
Storytelling
Gods and Goddesses
Characters
Eurycleia
‘The women’
AOB

8. 50-100 Penelope comes down to sit by the fire
Melantho berates Odysseus
Odysseus warns Melantho to be kinder to beggars lest she get what she deserves from either Odysseus or Telemachus
Themes
xenia
Revenge
loyalty
Characters
Penelope
Melantho
B-Odysseus
AOB

9. 100-150 Penelope wants to question Odysseus-Beggar about Odysseus
Penelope asks who O-Beggar is and where he comes from
Odysseus compliments Penelope but refuses to answer her questions
Penelope talks of her grief and explains her deceit of the suitors
Themes
Weeping
Deception
Characters
Penelope
AOB
Penelope’s loom

10. 150-200 Penelope asks again about Odysseus background
Odysseus tells Penelope the Crete story
Penelope is moved by Odysseus story and so she weeps
Themes
Storytelling
Weeping
Characters
AOB

11. 200-250 Penelope asks O-Beggar what Odysseus was wearing when they met
Odysseus describes a purple cloak and brooch
Penelope weeps when she hears his description
Themes
Characters
AOB
ekphrasis

12. How effectively does Homer make Odysseus’ description vivid?
10 mark time
Resourceful  Odysseus replied: ‘My Lady, it is difficult to recall, especially for someone who has been wandering so long. It is twenty years now since he sailed from there, and left my island. But I will picture him to you as far as I can remember. Noble Odysseus wore a purple cloak, fleecy and doubly-folded, and its golden brooch was pinned with double clasps. There was a curiously made device on the face: a hound holding a fawn under its paws, tearing at it as it writhed. Everyone marvelled at how the hound seemed to throttle and tear the fawn, and how the fawn seemed to writhe at its feet trying to escape, though they were only made of gold. I noticed his tunic too, gleaming like the sheen on a dried onion’s skin, smooth and sleek, glistening like the sun. All the women were fascinated. You may know whether Odysseus dressed like this at home, or whether some friend gave him the tunic when he took ship, or whether it was some stranger’s gift, since Odysseus had many friends, and few Achaeans ranked as high. I gave him a bronze sword myself, and a fine purple cloak, doubly-folded, and a fringed tunic, when I saw him off with full honours, aboard his oared ship. Then there was a squire who served him, a little older than himself, and I’ll describe him to you. He was dark- skinned, curly-haired, and round-shouldered. Eurybates was his name, and Odysseus honoured him above the rest, because they were of one mind.’
How effectively does Homer make Odysseus’ description vivid?

13. 250-300 O-Beggar tells Penelope that he has news of her husband
He tells the story of Helios’ cattle and the shipwreck
He claims that Odysseus will be home in the month
Themes
Prophecy
Characters
AOB

14.
Penelope thanks Odysseus but expresses her doubt of Odysseus return
Penelope offers Odysseus a soft bed, foot-washing and oil
Odysseus declines the soft bed and claims his feet will only be washed by someone who has suffered as he has
Themes
Hope/ Grief
Xenia
Suffering
Characters
AOB
Olive oil!

15.
Penelope praises O-Beggar for his wisdom and calls Eurycleia to wash his feet
Eurycleia laments her master and notes the similarities between him and O-Beggar
Odysseus suddenly worries that Eurycleia will recognise his scar and she does
Themes
Loyalty
Hope
Recognition
Characters
Eurycleia
AOB

16.
The hunting story
Autolycus (Odysseus grandfather gives him his name ‘man of suffering’)
When Odysseus visits Autolycus later he goes hunting and is injured by a wild boar
Themes
Xenia
Growing to manhood
Characters
Young Odysseus
AOB
Odysseus’ name

17. 450-500 Eurycleia recognises the scar and identifies Odysseus
Eurycleia tries to gesture to Penelope but Athene has distracted her
Odysseus seizes Eurycleia and threatens her to be silent
Eurycleia assures Odysseus and offers to identify the disloyal maids
Themes
Divine Intervention
Loyalty
Deception
Recognition
Characters
Eurycleia
AOB

18.
Penelope talks to Odysseus and explains her dilemma with the suitors
Penelope talks of a dream in which an eagle kills her geese
The eagle tells Penelope that he is Odysseus returned and that the geese are the suitors
Themes
Loyalty
Prophecy
Characters
The Suitors
AOB

19. 550-604 Penelope talks about the two gates of dreams
Penelope claims she will organise a competition for the suitors to fire an arrow through twelve axes with Odysseus’ bow
O-Beggar urges Penelope not to delay this competition
Themes
Arete
Prophecy
Characters
AOB
Gates of Dreams

20. Book 19: 20 Mark Question
To what extent could it be said that book 19 of The Odyssey is about recognition?