Books VIIVIII

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Books VII-VIII

• Characters
• Odysseus
• Athena
• Nausicaa school-girl crush on Odysseus will he
  act on it?
• King Alcinous King of the Phaeacians Knows
  Odysseus isnt a normal man Eventually figures
  out who Odysseus is and agrees to supply him with
  a ship
• Queen AreteQueen of the Phaeacians The one to
  whom Odysseus initially shows respect to Why is
  that important?
• Broadsea Loud-mouth, boisterous Phaeacian youth
  who does Homer want this child to possibly remind
  us of?

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Book VII-VIII

• Odysseus criestwice.
• What makes Odysseus cry?
• How do the youths behave differently from
  Odysseus?
• Why does Homer show the contradiction between
  Odysseus and the Phaeacian youth?
• What are some other indications that Odysseus has
  matured some?

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Books VII-VIII

• The Bard, Demodocus
• Who could he possibly represent?
• Why does Odysseus want him to sing the song about
  the Trojan Horse?

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Books VII-VIII

• The Affair
• Where has Odysseus just left?
• Why does Homer include a song about the love
  affair between Ares and Aphrodite, particularly
  the affair being discovered by Aphrodites
  husband, Hephaestus?
• What could it mean for Odysseus return home?