Question

"Odyssey," Poem by Homer:

1. What is the problem with the maids?
2. What does Penelope ask Odysseus, the beggar in disguise?
3. What does Odysseus request that Penelope not ask him about?
4. What would make Penelope happy?
5. What does Penelope tell Odysseus about the suitors?
6. How does Penelope feel about marrying one of the suitors?
7. What does "the beggar" pretend?
8. What does Penelope do as she listens to "the beggar"?
9. What does Penelope ask "the beggar" to do?
10. What does "the beggar" tell Penelope about Odysseus?
11. What does "the beggar" tell Penelope about Odysseus’s whereabouts?
12. What does Eurycleia say to Odysseus?
13. How does Odysseus respond to Eurycleia?
14. What did Eurycleia recognize on Odysseus’s thigh? What does she realize about "the beggar"?
15. What secret must Eurycleia keep?
16. Explain the spell Athena cast on Penelope.

Answer 1

Answer and explanation:

I'll present the answers to this long task in a list form. Hope it'll be helpful:

1. What is the problems with the maids? The problem with the maids is that they acted on disloyalty while Odysseus was far away, this resulted on the maids being hanged to death.
2. What does Penelope ask Odysseus, the beggar in disguise? Since Penelope didn't recognise him, she aked him about his roots, where he was from, his family and about her husband.
3. What does Odysseus requests that Penelope not ask him about? Odysseus requests Penelope not to ask him about his life.
4. What would make Penelope happy? What would make Penelope the happiest person is that Odysseus returned home safely.
5. What does Penelope tell Odysseus about the suitors? That they wanted to marry her whatsoever and not to wait until he returned home.
6. How does Penelope feel about marrying one of the suitors? She doesn't want to do so. In order for her to make time while she waited for her husband's return was to come up with various challenges for the suitors to beat them and try their luck with marrying her.
7. What does "the beggar" pretend? Odysseus, disguised as a beggar with the help of Athena, plans to take his revenge upon the suitors that insist on marrying his wife.
8. What does Penelope do as she listens to "the beggar"? She asks him question about her husband.
9. What does Penelope ask "the beggar" to do? Penelope asks the beggar to describe how Odysseus is.
10. What does "the beggar" tell Penelope about Odysseus? "The beggar" proceeds to describe very well how Odysseus looks like.
11. What does "the beggar" tell Penelope about Odysseus's whereabouts? "The beggar" tells Penelope that Odysseus had a long journey but that he is still alive and that he would be returning home in a short period of time.
12. What does Eurycleia say to Odysseus? Eurycleia tells to Odysseus that she knows who he really is.
13. How does Odysseus respond to Eurycleia? At the previous revelation, Odysseus reacts with a death threat is she tells anyone about it.
14. What did Eurycleia recognize on Odysseus’s thigh? What does she realize about "the beggar"? Eurycleia recognized the boar hunt scar on Odysseus's thigh.
15. What secret must Eurycleia keeps? She must keep in secret that Odysseus is still alive, and where he is located at the moment.
16. Explain the spell Athena cast on Penelope: Athena casted a sleep enchantment on Penelope.