The Return of Odysseus Twenty Years pgs. 993 - 1000
1. What does Athena reveal to Odysseus about the situation he will find at home?
2. Who is Eumaeus?
3. Who is Telemachus and what is he ordered to do when Odysseus gives him the signal?
4. What does Odysseus disguise himself as? Why?
5. What do lines 1021 to 1029 suggest about the way ancient Greeks responded to the
presence of a god?
6. Explain the epic simile in lines 1063- 1065.
.7. What does Odysseus' statement in lines 1109 - 1111 suggest about ancient Greek
beliefs about the gods' interest in human affairs?
Argus pg. 1000· 1001
1. Who or what is Argus?
2. What is the purpose of this section?
3. How does it end?
4. How do Eumaeus' beliefs about servitude and slavery compare with those of your
own?