The Odyssey

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The Odyssey

• Book 9 Questions

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The Odyssey Book 9

• What compliment does Odysseus give Alkinoos at
  the beginning of the chapter?

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• What piece of personal information does Odysseus
  share with Alkinoos as he begins to relate his
  story?

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• For what do men hold Odysseus formidable?

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• How is the landscape of Ithaka described?

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• Other than Kalypso, what enchantress held
  Odysseus in her smooth caves?

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• What theme is expressed at line 40-41?

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• Where does Odysseus encounter the Kikones?

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• What does Odysseus do when he encounters the
  Kikones?

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• At what type of fighting are the Kikones skilled?

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• After Odysseus and his men flee the Kikones, what
  does Zeus do to them?

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• What happens to Odysseus after he rounds Malea?
  For how long does he drift?

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• Who are the Lotos Eaters? What happens if you eat
  the Lotos flower?

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• How are the Kyklopes described?

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• When Odysseus lands on an island next to the
  Kyklopes mainland, he notices no human being
  ever goes there. Why do the Kyklopes not go
  there?

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• How do Zeuss shy nymph daughters help Odysseus
  and his men on this island?

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• To what does Odysseus compare the appearance of
  Polyphemos (the Kykolpes) on page 150?

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• What gift did Euanthes son, Maron, give Odysseus?

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• What plan do Odysseuss men organize upon
  entering the cave of the Kyklopes?

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• What does the Kyklopes do that makes it
  impossible for Odysseus and his men to leave the
  cave?

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• How does Odysseus warn the Kyklopes not to harm
  him and his men? What is the reply of Polyphemos?

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• Explain how Polyphemos kills Odysseuss men?

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• Why does Odysseus decide not to kill the Kyklopes
  as he slept?

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• How does Odysseus use the gift of Maron against
  the Kyklopes?

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• With what name does Odysseus trick Polyphemos?

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• How does Odysseus blind the Kyklopes? What
  simile does the poet use to describe the hissing
  eyeball around the spike?

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• Why do other Kyklopes not help Polyphemos when he
  calls out to them?

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• How does Odysseus manage to escape the Kyklopess
  cave?

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• Why do Odysseuss men grow fearful when he
  cupped his hands?

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• How does the scene of Odysseus fleeing the
  Kyklopes reveal his character flaw?

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• Who once prophesied to the Kyklopes that Odysseus
  would blind him?

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• What does Odysseus do to the Ram he escaped with?

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• What is the mood at the end of book 9?