Odyssey Past Questions
1995. Gods and the justice of human behaviour,
The role of Telemachus
1996. Odysseus as a leader of men.
1997. Significance of gift giving,
Analyse Penelope’s behaviour towards her suitors.
1998. Comparisson of Odysseus’ relationship with Calypso and Circe,
Parallels with Virgil’s Aeneid.
1999. Relationship between Odysseus and Athena,
The Case against the suitors and the judiciousness of their punishment.
2000. Telemachus’ development from insecure depressed young man,
Odysseus not wanting to miss a gift, a thing or a chance to say who he is.
2001. Odysseus as a master of invention as well as tact,
Homer’s treatment of the underworld compared to that of Virgil
2002. Book13-Book22 Slowing of pace and building of tension,
Importance of the Agamemnon Orestes cycle in the “Odyssey”
2003. Loyalty and faithfulness rewarded and their opposite punished.
2004. Homer’s Odysseus compared to Virgil’s Ulysses,
Reunification scene between Odysseus and Penelope.
2005. Importance of Hospitality and Gift Giving in Odyssey,
Odysseus and the Phaeacians & their way of life.
Note If two lines that means two of the four questions were asked on
Homer’s “Odyssey” Ex 2005