Read the passage from The Odyssey - Teiresias.One narrow strait may take you through his blows:denial of yourself, restraint of shipmates.When you make landfall on Thrinakia firstand quit the violet sea, dark on the landyou'll find the grazing herds of Heliosby whom all things are seen, all speech is known.Avoid those kine, hold fast to your intent,and hard seafaring brings you all to Ithaka.But if you raid the beeves, I see destructionfor ship and crew.
Read the passage from The Odyssey - Teiresias.But anguish lies ahead;the god who thunders on the land prepares it,not to be shaken from your track, implacable,in rancor for the son whose eye you blinded.One narrow strait may take you through his blows:denial of yourself, restraint of shipmates.When you make landfall on Thrinakia firstand quit the violet sea, dark on the landyou'll find the grazing herds of Heliosby whom all things are seen, all speech is known.Avoid those kine, hold fast to your intent,and hard seafaring brings you all to Ithaka.But if you raid the beeves, I see destructionfor ship and crew.
In The Odyssey - Teiresias, when Teiresias describes the conflicts that Odysseus will face, how do these conflicts relate to the story’s theme?
Read the passage from The Odyssey - Penelope.Ruses served my turnto draw the time out—first a close-grained webI had the happy thought to set up weavingon my big loom in the hall.
From The Odyssey - Penelope, what can the reader predict about Odysseus and Penelope’s future relationship?
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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.But when he knew he heardOdysseus' 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: but he hid this from Eumaeus.
In which ways does Odysseus’s character change over the course of The Odyssey? Select three answers.His selfishness becomes more apparent.He becomes less dependent upon the gods.He becomes more humble.He learns to make better decisions.His family becomes less important.He becomes less arrogant and proud.
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 lackedand suffered pain for lack of. I am he.”Held back too long, the tears ran down his cheeksas he embraced his son.
Learning patience and humility is which part of Odysseus’s epic journey?
Read this paragraph.Claire marveled at her little brother’s flawless dive. It looked effortless now, but she knew he had spent weeks perfecting the arch of his body and the point of his toes. She wanted to have a dive like that—the type people stop and watch. Still, she could not bring herself to attempt it. After all, her brother’s first twenty or so dives had been awful, with knees and elbows flailing. Claire shuddered to imagine looking like that in clear view of the entire pool population. And the whole head-first concept seemed intimidating. She wondered if her hands would reach the bottom of the pool. Maybe some day. But for now, she decided she would just watch.
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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.Now from his breast into his eyes the ache of longing mounted, and he wept at last, his dear wife, clear and faithful, in his arms,longed foras the sunwarmed earth is longed for by a swimmer spent in rough water where his ship went downunder Poseidon's blows, gale winds and tons of sea.Few men can keep alive through a big surfto crawl, clotted with brine, on kindly beachesin joy, in joy, knowing the abyss behind:
Read the excerpt from Part 1 of The Odyssey.My men were mutinous,fools, on stores of wine. Sheep after sheep they butchered by the surf, and shambling cattle,feasting,—while fugitives went inland, running to call to arms the main force of Cicones. This was an army, trained to fight on horseback or, where the ground required, on foot. They came with dawn over that terrain like the leavesand blades of spring.
Read the excerpt from Part 4 of The Odyssey.we saw the funnel of the maelstrom, heardthe rock bellowing all around, and darksand raged on the bottom far below. My men all blanched against the gloom, our eyeswere fixed upon that yawning mouth in fear of being devoured.
Read the excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey.We cried aloud, lifting our hands to Zeus,powerless, looking on at this, appalled;but Cyclops went on filling up his bellywith manflesh and great gulps of whey,then lay down like a mast among his sheep.
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?”
Which themes are found in The Odyssey? Select three answers.Odysseus is a great Greek leader.Ithaca is Odysseus’s true home.Too much pride is dangerous.A great leader is responsible.Odysseus is often quite prideful.Telemachus loves his father.Great journeys often lead back home.
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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey."My friend, here is the beautiful place—who could mistake it?Here is Odysseus' hall: no hall like thisSee 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!”
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