Odyssey Part 1

Why are the Lotus Eaters dangerous?

• They are cannibals

• They cause the men to want to stay and never want to return home

• Their song can lead the men to their death

• Their flowers are poisonous and will kill anyone who eats them

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What makes the Odyssey an epic?

• it is a long lyric poem that expresses a speaker's strong emotions about actual events

• It is a long narrative poem featuring real people and based on actual historical events

• It is a long dramatic poem that. includes supernatural elements and features long journeys

• It is a long narrative poem featuring a hero who embodies traits that are important to his culture.

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Which quote illustrates typical qualities of an epic hero?

• "In the next land we found were Cyclopes,/giants, louts, without a law to bless them."

• "Now, by the gods, I drove my big hand spike/deep in the embers, charring it again,/and cheered my men along with battle talk/ to keep their courage up: no quitting now."

• "We beached her, grinding keel in the soft sand,/ and waded in, ourselves, on the sandy beaches."

• "I rather dwelt on this part of the forecast, / while our good ship made time, bound outward down/ the wind for the strange island of Sirens."

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Why does most of Part 1 of the Odyssey qualify as a flashback?

• Homer interrupts the story of Odysseus' journey home to tell of earlier events.

• In earlier scenes Homer hints at dangers that Odysseus will face in future episodes

• Homer opens the narrative with an invocation to the muse of epic poetry

• The adventures of Odysseus are set in the distant past

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Which passage is proof of how the men avoided the Sirens' spell?

• '...Sirens/weaving a haunting song over the sea/ we are to shun, she said, and their green shore/ all sweet with clover; yet she urged that I/ alone should listen to their song...'

• '...Therefore/ you are to tie me, tight as a splint, / erect along the mast, lashed to the mast, / and if I shout and beg to be untied, / take more turns of the rope to muffle me.'

• "The lovely voices in ardor appealing over the water/ made me crave to listen, and I tried to say/ 'Untie me!' to the crew, jerking me brows;/ but they bent steady to the oars..."

• "...My faithful company/ rested on their oars now, peeling off/ the wax that I laid thick on their ears; / then set me free."

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Odysseus tempts fate by acting recklessly, how do his men react?

• They laugh at his behavior

• They trust him to protect them

• They agree with his risk taking

• They disagree with his actions

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How does Odysseus' men avoid falling under the Sirens' spell?

• Odysseus ties them up.

• Odysseus plugs their ears.

• They look only are their oars.

• They listen to only what Odysseus says.

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Which passage lets you know how the crew feels about their captain?

• "...I wished/ to see the cave man, what he had to offer--/ no pretty sight, it turned out, for my friends"

• "Now, by the gods, I drove my big hand spike/ deep in the embers, charring it again,/ and cheered my men along with battle talk/ to keep their courage up: no quitting now."

• 'Godsake, Captain!/ Why bait the beast again? Let him alone!'

• "...But Zeus disdained my offering;/destruction for my ships he had in store/ and death for those who sailed them, my companions."

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What values inspire Odysseus' observations in these lines: "In the next land we found were Cyclopes, giants, louts, without a law to bless them. In ignorance leaving the fruitage of the earth in mystery to the immortal gods, they neither plow nor sow by hand, nor till the ground.... Cyclopes have no muster and no meeting, no consultation or old tribal ways..."

• admiration for devotion to one's religion

• admiration for physical size, strength, and power

• admiration for agriculture, law, tradition, and social organization

• admiration for a natural, pure life and surviving by one's instincts

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What Greek value does Odysseus describe in these words: "Men hold me formidable for guile in peace and war: this fame has gone abroad to the sky's rim."

• admiration for diplomacy

• admiration for humility

• admiration for honesty

• admiration for crafty

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