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Book8
King Alcinous holds a banquet for Odysseus before he sets sail for home. Odysseus cries because of Demodocus' song, the king notices, and tries to impress Odysseus with athletics. They return to the banquet, and King Alcinous asks what Odysseus' name is.
#odyplot

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Book 8
"The hero's eyes went cold. He picked up a discus and threw it with such force a rush of wind that the Phaeacians hit the deck. It landed far beyond their own best shots."
#odyquote

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Book 8
Demodocus-A blind man with the gift of song.
Achilles-The central figure in The Illiad.
#odycharacter

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Book 7
"Odysseus stopped on the threshold dazzled. The very walls of the interior were covered in shining bronze and trimmed with lapis lazuli."
#odyquote

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Book 7
Odysseus tavels to the queen and king of Phaeacia undetected thanks to Athena. Odysseus wraps his arms around Queen Arete's knees, and asks for a " ... safe passage homeland." The king and queen gladly grant his request.
#odyplot

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Book 7
Alcinous-King of Phaeacia
Arete-Queen of Phaeacia
#odycharacter

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Book 6
Anointed-To smear or rub with oil.
Shipwright- A ship builder.
#odydiction

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Book 6
" ... further luster to the hero's freshly anointed skin and made him seem almost a god."
#odyquote

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Book 6
Nausicaa-Daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete, and a princess in Phaeacia.
#odycharacter

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Book 5
Hermes travels to Calypso and tells her she must let Odysseus return home. Odysseus builds a raft and sails out to sea. Poseidon destroys the raft, and Leucothea helps Odysseus accross the sea.
#odyplot

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Book 5
Calypso-A sea nymph who kept Odysseus on an island for seven years.
Hermes-Messenger of the gods.
Leucothea-A goddes who helped Odysseus return to Ithica.
#odycharacter

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Book 5
"If I told you that there id heartbreak and shipwreck in store, asks the goddes, would you trade immortality and me for that mortal wrench? Yes, though she is nothing in comparison to your radiant self, I would gladley endure what the sea deals out.
#odyquote

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Book 4
" ... he had the audacity to brag that he had beaten the gods. His boast was heard by Poseidon ... and knocked the earth right out from under Ajax who fell into the sea and perished."
#odyquote

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Book 4
Queen Helen-Told to be the most beautiful wome in Greece, and the indirect cause of the Trojan War.
Ajax-One of the high officers on a ship returning from Troy, was killed by Poseidon.
#odycharacter

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Book 4
" ... recognizes Telemachus as the spitting image of Odyyseus."
Spitting meaning very alike.
#odydiction

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Book 3
"There he lingered, unable to return home ... "
The use of lingered sounds as if he casually waited with no worry.
#odydiction

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Book 3
" ... the great king's wife fell in love with another. Together they murdered Agamemnon upon his homecoming."
#odyquote

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Book 2
Antinous-Offered Telemachus and himself share a feast, to which Telemachus refused.
#odycharacter

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Book 3
Nestor-King of Pylos
Agamemnon- Past king of Mycenae, was murdered upon his homecoming.
Menelaus-Brother of Agamemnon, was stranded in Egyp and unable to save his brother.
#odycharacter