Greek Epics XL: Odyssey Book 15, or Remember Telemakhos?

Posted byTriumvir ClioPosted inGreek Epics, The Greeks

The Telemakhy and the Odyssey finally meet up in Book 15 of The Odyssey.

Discussion Prompts:
  1. AP Credit: Compare/contrast the two slave stories that come out in Eumaeus’s history.
  2. How much agency do you think the young female slave has when she plots with the Phoenicians to kidnap Eumaeus and liberate herself?
  3. Why do you think Telemakhos agrees to let Theoklymenos come with him to Ithaka?
  4. What’s your favorite bird-sign? Why?
  5. What do you think of Odysseus now? Telemakhos? Eumaeus?

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I have a BA in History and Classical Civilization from Loyola University Chicago and an MPH from Western Michigan University. I've been a geometry teacher, a religion teacher, a writing tutor. I'm a writer, a knitter, a dancer, a singer, an actor. And, yes, for fun I like to reread everything that was assigned while getting my classics degree.

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