Study Questions
1. Where is Odysseus located at the poem’s commencement?
2. Which of the Olympian deities is his nemesis?
3. What did Odysseus do to inspire the god’s wrath?
4. What is the correlation of family members between Agamemnon’s family and Odysseus’ household?
5. As whom does Athene disguise herself when she visits Telemachus?
6. Who are the chief suitors in Odysseus’ house?
7. Why does Phemius’ song disturb Penelope?
8. Who is...
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