The Odyssey
Book One: Cloze Notes Activity
As the epic opens, Homer prays to the (1)
for assistance. This is called an (2)
The gods on Mount Olympus are discussing (3)
return (5)
and have decided that (4)
. When Book 1 opens, Odysseus is on (7)
pity Odysseus expect (9)
island. He
and won’t release him. All of the gods
longs to return home but she wants to make him her (8)
, who is angry at him because Odysseus destroys the eye of his son,
, the Cyclops. At the opening of Book One, Poseidon is at a banquet receiving an offering
from the (11)
(13)
should
from the war. Odysseus is a very resourceful warrior who losses all of his comrades
because of their own (6)
(10)
.
. Leaving Mount Olympus, (12)
deal with the (14)
disguised as (16)
goes to Ithaca to help
who have invaded his home. (15)
is
, a foreigner and chief of the Taphians, and offers the following advice to
Telemachus: go to (17)
and speak to Nestor then go to (18)
and speak to
Menelaus to find out information about his father’s voyage home from Troy. Also, gather all of the
(19)
and speak to them about leaving your home and allowing your mother,
(20)
, to make her decision about choosing another as a husband. If Telemachus receives news
that his father, (21)
, is dead, he is to return to Ithaca, build a (22)
and give his mother over to another (23)
(24)
. If Odysseus is not dead, he must wait
year to allow Odysseus to make it home, slaughter the (25)
kingdom. Telemachus is told that he must be brave like (26)
(27)
, by murdering (28)
for his father,
and reclaim his
. He avenged his father,
, the person responsible for killing his father when he
returned home from the war. Telemachus then rejoins the suitors who are eating and dancing to the songs of
Phemius; (29)
charge, (30)
(31)
comes down from her chambers to ask Phemius to change his song. Taking
rebukes his mother who then goes to her chambers and begins
for her husband, (32)
. Athena helps her by casting sweet
The Odyssey
Book One: Cloze Notes Activity
(33)
upon her eyelids. Telemachus is behaving this way because (34)
courage and strength in his heart. Next, Telemachus addresses the suitors, just as (35)
puts
instructs
him to do; he makes them aware of their taking what does not belong to them and using up all of Odysseus’
wealth for their own pleasure. This makes (36)
, son of Eupeithes, angry who claims that he
hopes Zeus does not make Telemachus king of Ithaca. Telemachus answers claiming that his being king would
be an (37)
and he would rule his home and slaves with bravery. This time, (38)
,
son of Poybus, speaks up and says that no man should have his property taken from him and then asks about the
stranger Telemachus was speaking to. After this encounter, Telemachus goes to his room to think about the
journey Athena proposed to him and (39)
joins him. She is a (40)
purchased by Laertes, Odysseus’ father and Telemachus’ grandfather. She nursed both (41)
(42)
and is a cherished member of the family.
who was
and