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@BurroughsClass #odydiction Minstrel: a medieval singer or musician, especially one who sang or recited lyric or heroic poetry to a musical accompaniment for the nobility (Book 8)

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@BurroughsClass #odyplot An advancement in plot is when King Alcinous prepares a ship for Odysseus to go home on. This helps Odysseus get back to his home land Ithaca. (Book 8)

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@BurroughsClass #odydiction Mantle: a loose sheeveless cloak or shawl, worn especially by women (Book 7)

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@BurroughsClass #odydiction Kin: one’s family and relations (Book 7)

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@BurroughsClass #odyquote “When he asked directions to the palace, it was Athena in the form of a little girl who showed him the way” (Homer 7). Athena is trying to help Odysseus as much as possible without breaking the rules.

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@BurroughsClass #odydiction Courtiers: a person who attends a royal court as a companion or adviser to the king or queen (Book 7)

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@BurroughsClass #odydiction Anoint: smear or rub with oil, typically as part of a religious ceremony (Book 6)

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@BurroughsClass #odyplot In this book Nausicaa is helps Odysseus get through town. She gives him spare clothes to wear and says to follow her through town. (Book 6)

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@BurroughsClass #odydiction Foster: encourage or promote the development of (something, typically something regarded as good) (Book 6)

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@BurroughsClass #odyquote “Everday for the last seven years he’s sat on the same rock gazing out to sea, weeping for home and Penelope” (Homer 5). Odysseus wants to go home because of how he cries to go home everyday. (Book 5)

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@BurroughsClass #odydiction Veil: a veil is an article of clothing or hanging cloth that is intended to cover some part of the head or face (Book 5)

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@BurroughsClass #odyquote “If Zeus wills it, then he’s headed home” (Homer 5). This quote shows that people will obey he gods even if they do not want to. (Book 5)

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@BurroughsClass #odydiction Clamber: climb, move, or get in or out of something in an awkward and laborious way, typically using both hands and feet (Book 5)

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@BurroughsClass #odydiction Marooned: leave (someone) trapped and isolated in an inaccessible place, especially an island (Book 4)

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@BurroughsClass #odyquote “‘Odysseus lives still, through marooned, without a crew of oarsmen to stroke him home’” (Homer 4). This tells Telemachus that his father is still alive (Book 4)

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@BurroughsClass #odydiction Guile: sly or cunning intelligence (Book 4)

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@BurroughsClass #odyplot Telemachus gets told to what happened to his father according to the King of Nestor. Then the King gives them a chariot, so they can go to the kingdom of Menelaus. (Book 3)

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@BurroughsClass #odyquote “‘Together they murdered Agamemnon upon his homecoming. Then seven years later, he was avenged by his son, Orestes” (Homer 3). They should have watched Agamemnon son because who would not want vengeance. (Book 3)

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@BurroughsClass #odydiction Contingent: a group of people untied by some common feature, forming part of a larger group (Book 3)

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@BurroughsClass #odydiction Omen: an event regarded as a potent of good or evil (Book 2)