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The Odyssey Homework 1
The Odyssey Homework 1
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3. Who are the suitors? What are they doing in Odysseus’ house? ________________________
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4. In what way have the suitors affected Odysseus’ home? Explain your answer. ____________
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7. How did Penelope fool the suitors with her weaving? ________________________________
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13. Who is Orestes and what is his relationship to Agamemnon and Aegisthus?
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14. In what fantastic way does Athena depart from Telemachus and Nestor?
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18. How does Menelaus break the curse and return home?
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