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The Odyssey: Key Books and Vocab
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- 1Kleosreputation / glory (what every hero wants)
- 2xeniahospitality / duty to acquaintances
- 3supplicationa supplicant throws themself in front of someone else to indicate how in distress they are
- 4epiclong adventure, journey or quest, often including mythology
- 5Book 5Hermes sets off for Ogygia, and Calypso releases Odysseus. Odysseus sails off, but Posiedon (enraged about the Cyclops) creates a massive storm, which nearly kills him. He is finally swept onto Scherie.
- 6Book 6Scherie - home of the Phaecians. Athene arranges that Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinuous, should rescue him.
- 7Book 7Odysseus arrives at the palace, where he is well-recieved, and enjoys the full Phaeacian xenia.
- 8Book 9For three years, Odysseus is blown around the Mediterranean, experiencing adventures with the Cicones, the Lotus-Eaters, the Cyclops Polyphemus (who he blinds) ...
- 9Book 10Odysseus has adventures with Aeolus the wind-god, the giant Laestrygonians (who destroy all but his own ship), and the enchantress Circe, who sends him to the Underworld.
- 10Book 12When he leaves Circe, he listens to the song of the Sirens, escapes Scylla and Charybdis, and arrives on Thriancia (Apollo's island). There his men eat the holy cows, and the god proceeds to destroy the ship - only Odysseus survives, and is swept on to Ogygia.
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- GCSE Classics Flashcards on The Odyssey: Key Books and Vocab, created by beingawallflower on 10/01/2015.
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