Book 8 The Phaeacian Games

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Cards (20)

  • Who does Athene disguise herself as in Book 7?

    A herald from Alcinous
  • How does Athene help Odysseus in Book 8?
    She beautifies him, making him command more fear and respect
  • Which story does the Phaeacian bard recount?

    The Quarrel of Odysseus and Achilles
  • How does Alcinous help Odysseus in Book 8?
    He notices Odysseus weeping and requests for Demodocus to stop his story
  • Who challenges Odysseus to a boxing match?
    Laodomas
  • Which one of the Phaeacians insults Odysseus after he refuses to participate in the Games?
    Euryalus
  • How does Odysseus respond after he is insulted?
    He throws the largest discus with one hand and overshot the marks of all the other throws
  • Who does Odysseus state was the only archer better than him?

    Philoctetes
  • Which story does Demodocus tell the Phaeacians later in Book 8?
    Hephaestus catching Aphrodite cheating on him with Ares
  • How does Demodocus present Poseidon in a good light in his story?

    He describes Apollo and Hermes as laughing at the situation and Poseidon promising that Ares will pay a fine for his actions, and that he is prepared to pay the fine himself if Ares does not
  • Which gifts does Odysseus receive from the Phaeacians?

    A fresh cloak, a fresh tunic and a talent of sterling gold, from each of the 13 princes
  • What does Euryalus give to Odysseus as a gift?

    A bronze sword
  • Which story does Odysseus request for Demodocus to tell him?
    The story of the Trojan horse
  • What does Homer compare Odysseus to at the end of Book 8?

    A woman weeping while she embraces her beloved husband, fallen in battle in the defence of his city and his comrades
  • How does Alcinous describe the Phaeacian ships?

    Sentient