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The Odyssey Study Guide
Part Two - Books 13-18
Fill out the following study guide. We will be working on it together in class and independently. For each
answer, use textual evidence to support your answer, either with specific quotes or with references to specific
passages (where appropriate). When textual evidence is needed, fill in the boxes labeled “Page Number(s)”
and “Evidence.” For questions without those boxes, use your interpretations and understandings to respond to
the question.
BOOK THIRTEEN - HOME AT LAST - 151-155
1. 1-2. Describe what happens in the pictures on pages 151-152. List at least 3 things that happen:
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b.
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3. What is the first thing Odysseus thinks when he awakens on this island?
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4. Who helps Odysseus figure out where he is?
5. What does this person do for Odysseus on page 155?
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BOOK FOURTEEN - THE SWINEHERD - 156-159
6. What happens to Odysseus when he approaches the house on pages 156-157?
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7. What deal does Odysseus make with the swineherd?
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BOOK FIFTEEN - TELEMACHUS RETURNS - 160-173
8. Why does Telemachus leave for home right away?
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What is Telemachus's plan for their arrival at Ithaca?
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10. 10-11Who are the three people in the last picture of the chapter?
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BOOK SIXTEEN - FATHER AND SON - 165-173
12. What does Telemachus learn about his mother and the suitors?
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13. Where does Eumaeus go?
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14. What does Athena tell Odysseus about revealing himself to his son?
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15. How does Telemachus react when he learns the old beggar is really his father?
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16. Telemachus says there are too many suitors to fight and that they need more allies. Who does
Odysseus say will be their allies?
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17. What is Telemachus supposed to do when Odysseus gives him a nod?
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18. The suitors realize the ambush they set up for Telemachus didn't work. What is their new plan?
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19. Where does Telemachus tell Penelope Odysseus is?
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20. What does Theoclymenus (the man Telemachus brought home with him - he is the son of a prophet)
say in response to Telemachus's story?
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BOOK SEVENTEEN - STRANGER AT THE GATES - 174-182
21. On the way to the palace, how does the shepherd on the road treat Odysseus?
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22. Who is Argos?
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23. What happens to Argos on pages 175-177? Be specific!
24. How do the suitors treat the beggar (Odysseus)?
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25. What does Antinoos do to Odysseus after Odysseus tells him that he should give scraps of food?
26. What does Eumaeus tell Penelope about the beggar?
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27. Why does Odysseus want to wait until nighttime to go talk to Penelope?
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BOOK EIGHTEEN - BEAUTY AND BLOWS - 183-188
28. What will the winner of the fight between Irus and the beggar (Odysseus) get?
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29. Who wins the fight?
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30. What is happening at the end of the chapter?