The Odyssey Questions Book 1: What god bears a grudge against Odysseus, and why
What god bears a grudge against Odysseus, and why?
Do you think that Book 1 indicates a universe characterized by justice or by arbitrary suffering?
Athena (disguised as Mentes) suggests that Telemachus emulate Orestes. For what act involving his own mother is Orestes famous, and for what is his mother famous? Does this aspect of the advice of Mentes strike you as odd or not, and why?
