Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Tuesday October 6

Questions based upon last night's homework, which was to read chapter 2, The Sea God's One-Eyed Son.

1. What do Odysseus' men bring onto the island in hopes to trade for food with its inhabitants?

2. According to Odysseus, what do the laws of hospitality demand?

3. What poetic device is used in the following?
[The sheep] were the size of buffalo, fleecy as the bales of flax shipped ...on the great ships of Crete."

4. What name does Odysseus give to the Cyclop's Polyphemus?

5. Describe in complete sentences how Odysseus and his men are able to escape Polyphemus.

6. Who is Polyphemus' father?

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