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<div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Hi folks--</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">How's your reading of Books 9-16 going? Any interesting discoveries? 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I really enjoyed the last one! I've included some of the questions we'll be looking at below.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Happy reading, and talk to you all soon!</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Warm regards,</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Pat</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Study Guide Questions - Discussion #2</span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Books 9- 16 Reconciliations</span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">9-12 Odysseus’ wanderings, “reconciling” Poseidon’s curse</span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">1. Book 9 - wise leader?</span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Odysseus is often referred to as “wily, crafty and wise.” How wise of </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">a leader is he in the events of Book 9 concerning the Cicones (pp. </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">126-127), Lotus Eaters (127), and Cyclopes (128-140)? How much of </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">these hardships are Odysseus’ own fault? How much of these hardships </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">are pre-determined by prophecy?</span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">2. Book 10 - crew morale?</span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">In Book 10, morale among Odysseus’ crew continues to decline. How do </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">the events of Aeolus’ bag of winds (pp. 141-143), Laestrygonians </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">(143-145), and Circe (145-157) contribute to the decline in morale of </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">the crew? What do we learn about Odysseus’ leadership and his </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">cleverness? Just when Odysseus is able to rescue his crew from </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Circe’s bewitchment, he is notified of a very dangerous voyage he must </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">make to Hades. With Circe’s help, Odysseus must consult Tiresias the </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">prophet. Why? (see Books 10 & 11)</span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">3. Book 11 - Hades</span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">In Book 11, the shades/ghosts of many reveal themselves to Odysseus at </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Acheron, the entrance to Hades. Before talking even to his mother </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Anticleia, Odysseus makes sure to talk with Tiresias first. Then </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font
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color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Odysseus allows himself to talk to his mother and other famous Greek </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">women who appear. What is the significance to the plot of mentioning </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">these various Greek heroines (pp. 164-167)? As Odysseus continues to </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">tell of Agamemnon, Achilles and other famous Greek men, what does this </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">panorama of shades suggest about the Greek concept of Hades? of </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Odysseus’ own fears?</span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">4. Book 12 - Odysseus alone</span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">How do the series of adventures in Book 12 (Sirens, Scylla, Oxen of </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">the Sun, Thunder & Lightning, Charybdis, Calypso) compare to the </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">series of adventures (Books 9-10) before Odysseus’ trip to Hades (Book </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">11)? Book 5 opens with Odysseus alone and Book 12 ends with Odysseus </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">alone. Now that Odysseus has come full circle in his flashbacks, what </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">is the relatonship between Odysseus and his crew? How are Odysseus’ </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">feelings compounded by the lack of a crew?</span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">13-16 Odysseus’ return to his native land, “reconciling” with Telemachus</span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">5. Book 13 - Ithaka</span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">In Book 13, Poseidon is not happy with the Phaeacians for conveying </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Odysseus home safely. Given what happens to the Phaeacians in </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">response to Poseidon’s feelings, how is this action just? What does </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Zeus think about it? Why does Zeus have anything to do with this? </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Athena appears to Odysseus as he wakes up on his own island. What </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">part does she play in helping Odysseus? As clever as Odysseus is, why </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">would Athena’s help be necessary at this stage of the epic?</span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">6. Book 14 - Hospitality revisted?</span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">In what ways does Book 14 illustrate the ancient custom of </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">hospitality? How does hospitality in this chapter compare with the </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">hospitality of the Phaeacians (Books 8-13) or Nestor (Book 3) or </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Menelaus (Books 4 & 15)? In Book 14, Odysseus tells two long tales </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">about both his origin and an incident with a cloak during the Trojan </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">War. His stories are inspired by Athena, the goddess of wisdom. How </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">does Odysseus balance the level of fiction with the level of truth in </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">his stories?</span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">7. Book 15 - Piety</span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">In Book 15, both Odysseus’ and Telemachus’ piety (i.e. duty to the </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">gods) is revealed in auguries (or bird signs). How do the auguries </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">support the intertwining of Odysseus’ and Telemachus’ lives? How does </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Telemachus’ piety show with respect to Theoclymenus? How does </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Eumaeus’ piety show with respect to Odysseus? According to Greek </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">thinking, is Telemachus’ and Odysseus’ reunion left to chance in any </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">way? In many ways, this book is about origins. Why do you suppose </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "
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style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Homer chose this moment to unveil Eumaeus’ origin, Theoclymenus’ </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">origin and even information about Odysseus’ father, Laertes and </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">mother, Anticleia? What do Eumaeus’ and Theoclymenus’ stories tell us </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">about nobility as an inner quality or characteristic of a person?</span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">8. Book 16 - Telemachus and Odysseus</span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">As dawn breaks at the opening of Book 16, Telemachus arrives safely to </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">the swineherd’s hut. Before the day is over, he will be re-united </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">with his father Odysseus. Having been only an infant when Odysseus </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">left for Troy, how does Telemachus recognize his father? Why then </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">does he still doubt his senses? (see pp. 245-246). How is Penelope’s </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">character defined in this book? Ignorant of Odysseus’ return, what do </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Penelope’s actions reveal about her situation with the suitors? How </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">does Eurymachus’ pretending contrast with Penelope’s honesty about the </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">situation? By the end of the day, Eumaeus returns to his hut and </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Telemachus asks about the plot against him by the suitors. How do </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Telemachus’ and Odysseus’ pretending contrast with Eumaeus’ honesty </span></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 16.0px Geneva"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">about the situation?</span></font></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Geneva" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font></div></div></body></html>