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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Andre Stipanovic <astipanovic@mail.hockaday.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> homer2009-1@readingodyssey.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Fri, October 30, 2009 7:03:21 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Homer2009-1] Conference call this Monday, Nov. 2, 8pm EST -- RSVP + q's<BR></FONT><BR>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=+0>Hi fellow readers--</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=+0>How's your reading of Books 9-16 going? Any interesting discoveries? Feel free to post them--just "reply all" to this email, so that it cc's </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><A href="mailto:homer2009-2@readingodyssey.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:homer2009-2@readingodyssey.org"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" size=-1>homer2009-1@readingodyssey.org</FONT></A><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=+0>.</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=+0>Just a reminder that our next call is coming up THIS Monday, November 2, 8pm EST (7pm Central).</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>Call-in information:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>Dial-in number: 1 (888) 350-0075</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>Type in conference room number / passcode: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0> 1100494#</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=+0>(The exact same info as last time)!</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=+0>Please drop me a note confirming:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=+0>[ ] Yes, I'll be on the call Monday.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=+0>[ ] No, I won't be able to make it.</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=+0>Looking forward to the call, very much!! I really enjoyed the last one! I've included the questions we'll be looking at below.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=+0>Happy reading, and talk to you all soon!</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=+0>Warm regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=+0>Andre</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>Study Guide Questions - Discussion #2</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>Books 9- 16 Reconciliations</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>9-12 Odysseus’ wanderings, “reconciling” Poseidon’s curse</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>1. Book 9 - wise leader?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>Odysseus is often referred to as “wily, crafty and wise.” How wise of </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>a leader is he in the events of Book 9 concerning the Cicones (pp. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>126-127), Lotus Eaters (127), and Cyclopes (128-140)? How much of </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>these hardships are Odysseus’ own fault? How much of these hardships </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>are pre-determined by prophecy?</FONT></DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>2. Book 10 - crew morale?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>In Book 10, morale among Odysseus’ crew continues to decline. How do </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>the events of Aeolus’ bag of winds (pp. 141-143), Laestrygonians </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>(143-145), and Circe (145-157) contribute to the decline in morale of </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>the crew? What do we learn about Odysseus’ leadership and his </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>cleverness? Just when Odysseus is able to rescue his crew from </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>Circe’s bewitchment, he is notified of a very dangerous voyage he must </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>make to Hades. With Circe’s help, Odysseus must consult Tiresias the </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>prophet. Why? (see Books 10 & 11)</FONT></DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>3. Book 11 - Hades</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>In Book 11, the shades/ghosts of many reveal themselves to Odysseus at </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>Acheron, the entrance to Hades. Before talking even to his mother </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>Anticleia, Odysseus makes sure to talk with Tiresias first. Then </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>Odysseus allows himself to talk to his mother and other famous Greek </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>women who appear. What is the significance to the plot of mentioning </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>these various Greek heroines (pp. 164-167)? As Odysseus continues to </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>tell of Agamemnon, Achilles and other famous Greek men, what does this </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>panorama of shades suggest about the Greek concept of Hades? of </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>Odysseus’ own fears?</FONT></DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>4. Book 12 - Odysseus alone</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>How do the series of adventures in Book 12 (Sirens, Scylla, Oxen of </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>the Sun, Thunder & Lightning, Charybdis, Calypso) compare to the </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>series of adventures (Books 9-10) before Odysseus’ trip to Hades (Book </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>11)? Book 5 opens with Odysseus alone and Book 12 ends with Odysseus </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>alone. Now that Odysseus has come full circle in his flashbacks, what </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>is the relatonship between Odysseus and his crew? How are Odysseus’ </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>feelings compounded by the lack of a crew?</FONT></DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>13-16 Odysseus’ return to his native land, “reconciling” with Telemachus</FONT></DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>5. Book 13 - Ithaka</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>In Book 13, Poseidon is not happy with the Phaeacians for conveying </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>Odysseus home safely. Given what happens to the Phaeacians in </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>response to Poseidon’s feelings, how is this action just? What does </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>Zeus think about it? Why does Zeus have anything to do with this? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>Athena appears to Odysseus as he wakes up on his own island. What </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>part does she play in helping Odysseus? As clever as Odysseus is, why </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>would Athena’s help be necessary at this stage of the epic?</FONT></DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>6. Book 14 - Hospitality revisted?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>In what ways does Book 14 illustrate the ancient custom of </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>hospitality? How does hospitality in this chapter compare with the </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>hospitality of the Phaeacians (Books 8-13) or Nestor (Book 3) or </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>Menelaus (Books 4 & 15)? In Book 14, Odysseus tells two long tales </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>about both his origin and an incident with a cloak during the Trojan </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>War. His stories are inspired by Athena, the goddess of wisdom. How </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>does Odysseus balance the level of fiction with the level of truth in </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>his stories?</FONT></DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>7. Book 15 - Piety</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>In Book 15, both Odysseus’ and Telemachus’ piety (i.e. duty to the </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>gods) is revealed in auguries (or bird signs). How do the auguries </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>support the intertwining of Odysseus’ and Telemachus’ lives? How does </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>Telemachus’ piety show with respect to Theoclymenus? How does </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>Eumaeus’ piety show with respect to Odysseus? According to Greek </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>thinking, is Telemachus’ and Odysseus’ reunion left to chance in any </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>way? In many ways, this book is about origins. Why do you suppose </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>Homer chose this moment to unveil Eumaeus’ origin, Theoclymenus’ </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>origin and even information about Odysseus’ father, Laertes and </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>mother, Anticleia? What do Eumaeus’ and Theoclymenus’ stories tell us </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>about nobility as an inner quality or characteristic of a person?</FONT></DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>8. Book 16 - Telemachus and Odysseus</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>As dawn breaks at the opening of Book 16, Telemachus arrives safely to </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>the swineherd’s hut. Before the day is over, he will be re-united </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>with his father Odysseus. Having been only an infant when Odysseus </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>left for Troy, how does Telemachus recognize his father? Why then </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>does he still doubt his senses? (see pp. 245-246). How is Penelope’s </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>character defined in this book? Ignorant of Odysseus’ return, what do </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>Penelope’s actions reveal about her situation with the suitors? How </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>does Eurymachus’ pretending contrast with Penelope’s honesty about the </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>situation? By the end of the day, Eumaeus returns to his hut and </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>Telemachus asks about the plot against him by the suitors. How do </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>Telemachus’ and Odysseus’ pretending contrast with Eumaeus’ honesty </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=+0>about the situation?</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></div><br>
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