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I'll be on the call - looking forward to it!<BR>
Lynn<BR> <BR>
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Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:56:36 +0000<BR>From: nanmar@comcast.net<BR>To: homer2009-1@readingodyssey.org<BR>Subject: Re: [Homer2009-1] Conference call this Monday, Nov. 2, 8pm EST -- RSVP + q's<BR><BR>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Andre Stipanovic" <astipanovic@mail.hockaday.org><BR>To: homer2009-1@readingodyssey.org<BR>Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 10:03:21 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<BR>Subject: [Homer2009-1] Conference call this Monday, Nov. 2, 8pm EST -- RSVP + q's<BR><BR>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>Hi fellow readers--</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>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"><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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>.</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>Call-in information:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>Dial-in number: 1 (888) 350-0075</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>Type in conference room number / passcode: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000> 1100494#</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>(The exact same info as last time)!</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>Please drop me a note confirming:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>[x ] Yes, I'll be on the call Monday.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>[ ] 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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>Happy reading, and talk to you all soon!</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>Warm regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>Andre</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>Study Guide Questions - Discussion #2</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>Books 9- 16 Reconciliations</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>9-12 Odysseus’ wanderings, “reconciling” Poseidon’s curse</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>1. Book 9 - wise leader?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>are pre-determined by prophecy?</FONT></DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>2. Book 10 - crew morale?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>(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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>prophet. Why? (see Books 10 & 11)</FONT></DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>3. Book 11 - Hades</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>Odysseus’ own fears?</FONT></DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>4. Book 12 - Odysseus alone</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>the Sun, Thunder & Lightning, Charybdis, Calypso) compare to the </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>5. Book 13 - Ithaka</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>6. Book 14 - Hospitality revisted?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>his stories?</FONT></DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>7. Book 15 - Piety</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>Telemachus’ piety show with respect to Theoclymenus? How does </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>Homer chose this moment to unveil Eumaeus’ origin, Theoclymenus’ </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>origin and even information about Odysseus’ father, Laertes and </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>8. Book 16 - Telemachus and Odysseus</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>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: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica" face=Helvetica color=#000000>Telemachus’ and Odysseus’ pretending contrast with Eumaeus’ honesty </FONT></DIV>
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