B15 Plot - DONE

Question 1

what does b 15 start off with

Answer 1

athena traveling to sparta

Question 2

why does athena travle to sparty in b15

Answer 2

to tell tele to go home

Question 3

what critical info does athena provide to tele abt journey home from sparta

Answer 3

avoid the suitors’ ambush

Question 4

where does athena tell tele to go first when he gets back to ithaca

Answer 4

eumaeus

Question 5

what happens when tele tells menelaus, helen abt the fact that he’s gonna go back to ithaca

Answer 5

an eagle carrying a goose swoops down

Question 6

what does helen intepret the meanign of the eagle swopping down to be (this is when it happens after tele tells menelaus, helen abt the fact that he’s gonna go back to ithaca)

Answer 6

eagle represents ody swooping down on the suitors

Question 7

on his journey back to ithaca from sparta, what does tele ask pesistratus to do

Answer 7

let him leave pylos w/o saying bye to nestor

Question 8

before leaving pylos who does tele meet

Answer 8

theoclymenus

Question 9

who is theoclymenus

Answer 9

the son of a prophet

Question 10

who does tele bring along w him when he leaves pylos w/ pesistratus

Answer 10

theoclymenus

Question 11

what key tenet of greek culture does ody test if eumaeus have

Answer 11

hospitality

Question 12

what does eumaeus reveal abt himself to ody

Answer 12

he was the son of a king but got stolen by pirates

Question 13

who rescued eumaeus from the pirates

Answer 13

laertes

Question 14

how did laertes rescue eumaeus from the pirates

Answer 14

bought him in ithaca

Question 15

what did anticleia do once laertes had bought eumaeus

Answer 15

raised him like a son

Question 16

who was antilceia’s daughter

Answer 16

ctimene

Question 17

who does telemachus give theoclymenus to when they get to ithaca

Answer 17

piraeus

Question 18

who is piraeus

Answer 18

one of tele’s crewmen

Question 19

what do tele and theoclymenus see when they first land in ithaca together

Answer 19

a hawk carrying a dead dove

Question 20

what does theoclymenus interepret the meaning of a hawk carrying a dead dove to be (this is smth they see when they get back to ithaca)

Answer 20

symbol of the strength of ody and his children

Question 21

where is theoclymenus fleeing form

Answer 21

argos