The Odyssey and Epic Poetry: An Introduction, Part 1

Question 1

Who or what functions as a symbol in this passage?

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Argus

Question 2

What does Argus symbolize? What detail in the passage shows Argus’s symbolic meaning?

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Selection 1: loyalty; Selection 2: He dies after waiting twenty years to see Odysseus.

Question 3

Identify the values illustrated in the lines from The Odyssey. “I learned / to keep my head in hardship – years of war / and years at sea. Let this new trial come.” “But when he knew he heard / Odysseus' voice nearby, he did his best / to wag his tail, nose down, with flattened ears, / having no strength to move nearer his master.”

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perseverance; loyalty and faithfulness

Question 4

pride and glory✔ loyalty and faithfulnesshospitality and civility

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loyalty and faithfulness

Question 5

What Greek value is being illustrated in this excerpt?

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self-control

Question 6

How does this passage show that the Greeks valued hospitality? Check all that apply.

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The crowd is mortified by Antinous’s actions.; A man verbally criticizes Antinous.; People are afraid that the gods will punish inhospitable behavior.

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