The Odyssey : Symbolism and Making Predictions, Part 5 — Quiz Answers

Which excerpt from The Odyssey demonstrate the importance of hospitality in Greek society?

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey . The noble and enduring man replied: “No god. Why take me for a god? No, no. I am that father whom your boyhood lacked and suffered pain for lack of. I am he.” Held back too long, the tears ran down his cheeks as he embraced his son. Based on this excerpt, what is the best prediction about the future relationship between Telemachus and Odysseus?

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey . Reaching the gate, Odysseus and the forester halted and stood outside, for harp notes came around them rippling on the air as Phemios picked out a song. Odysseus caught his companion's arm and said: "My friend, here is the beautiful place—who could mistake it?” In this excerpt, the harp’s music is a symbol of Odysseus’s

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey . Then, throwing his arms around this marvel of a father Telemachus began to weep. Salt tears rose from the wells of longing in both men, and cries burst from both as keen and fluttering as those of the great taloned hawk, whose nestings farmers take before they fly This excerpt is an example of which value important to ancient Greek society?

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey . “Stranger, you are no longer what you were just now! Your cloak is new; even your skin! You are one of the gods who rule the sweep of heaven! Be kind to us, we’ll make you fair oblation and gifts of hammered gold. Have mercy on us!” What is the symbolism of the new cloak in this excerpt?

Which excerpt from The Odyssey best demonstrates the importance of perseverance in Greek society?

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey . “Stranger, you are no longer what you were just now! Your cloak is new; even your skin! You are one of the gods who rule the sweep of heaven! Be kind to us, we’ll make you fair oblation and gifts of hammered gold. Have mercy on us!” Which is a symbol in this excerpt?

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey . 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. And the man looked away, wiping a salt tear from his cheek: What does the dog, Argus, represent in this excerpt?

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey . "My friend, here is the beautiful place—who could mistake it? Here is Odysseus' hall: no hall like this See how one chamber grows out of another; see how the court is tight with wall and coping; no man at arms could break this gateway down!” This excerpt is an example of which value important to ancient Greek society?

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey . Treated as rubbish now, he lay at last upon a mass of dung before the gates— manure of mules and cows, piled there until fieldhands could spread it on the king's estate. Abandoned there, and half destroyed with flies, old Argus lay. What functions as a symbol in this excerpt?