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Book VIII #OdyPlot "...He came to us as a suppliant, and his conduct was proper in all respects...Now it is his turn. Tell us your name, stranger, and tell us your home. After all, our ship will need to set a course." This shows a continuation of the plot.

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Book VIII #OdyQuote "Now the king proposed that each of his senior lords go home and bring back a bar of gold for the still-nameless guest." This shows just how far Xenia could take you.

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Book VIII #OdyCharacter “He began by singing of Achilles and Odysseus, and this brought tears to that hero's eyes... Once more Odysseus cried into his mantle, and once more the king ordered a halt to the entertainment.” This shows how much Odysseus longs for Home.

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Book VII #OdyCharacter “...sparing no detail but one...he had approached the princess and her maids by the river, and how Nausicaa had kindly given him clothing. But he said that it had been his own idea to enter town separately." This shows Odysseus's wisdom and quick thinking.

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Book VII #OdyPlot "Tomorrow shall be a holiday," declared the king. "And when we have made sacrifice to the gods and entertained our visitor, we will give thought to speeding his journey home.” This sets motion to the plot and to Odysseus’s journey home.

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Book VII #OdyQuote “When he asked directions to the palace, it was Athena in the form of a little girl who showed him the way...The king and his courtiers were banqueting...but Athena wrapped Odysseus in a mist so that he passed by unseen.” Example of divine intervention.

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Book VI #OdyPlot “Odysseus had washed Up... Athena now intervened to make these people foster his journey home. She went by night to...appeared in a dream to the princess Nausicaa. The goddess prompted her to... journey to the pools down by the river and wash her bridal gown?"

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Book VI #OdyCharacter “And now Athena added further luster to the hero's freshly anointed skin and made him seem almost a god. So the princess wished that her own husband might in some way resemble Odysseus.”
This shows that Odysseus is very attractive.

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Book VI #OdyQuote "Are you a goddess or a mortal?" he inquired. "If the latter, your parents must be proud. I've never seen your like in beauty.” This is powerful because it shows his power of persuasion and seductive tongue.

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Book V #OdyCharacter "What kind of trick is this?" asks Odysseus, who is famous for tricks himself. "You'll understand if I'm suspicious." This shows that he is very tricky himself and is a very cautious man.

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Book V #OdyQuote "You jealous gods! Can't you bear to see one of us keep a mortal of her own?" cries Calypso.

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Book V #OdyQuote Odysseus does not want to be on this island, this is shown, “Every day for the last seven years he’s sat on the same rock gazing out to sea, weeping for home and Penelope.” This shows that he does not wanna be on the island and wants to go home to his wife.

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#OdyQuote "His boast was heard by Poseidon, and the Lord of Earthquakes swung his Trident and knocked Earth right out from under Ajax, who fell into the sea and perished."

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#Odydiction promontory- "a point of high land that juts out into a large body of water, a headland." Book IV

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#OdyCharacter Queen Helen recognizes Telemachus because he is the "spitting image" of Odysseus. Book IV

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#Odydiction "contingent"- "subject to chance." Book III

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#OdyCharacter Telemachus is actually very gory and murderous saying, "...why did Menelaus not slay his brother's killer with his own hands and throw his body to the dogs?" Book III

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#OdyPlot The wise old kind Nests tells Telemachus to journey to Spartan and seek for more information from Menelaus. Book III

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#OdyDiction Brazenly-"In a bold or shameless Way." Book II

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#OdyPlot Telemachus calls all me together to redirect them towards helping him set out and find his father. Book II