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BOOK 7

BOOK 8

Summary:
This chapter starts when Odysseus is first entering the city
Phaeacia, and is greeted by Athena in the form of a young girl who
leads Odysseus to the palace
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They
had mercy on Odysseus and after eating a lot of food and sharing
his story Odysseus slept in the palace
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Many had been gathered to look at the glorious Odysseus,
so everyone went to the palace and ate and listened to music
about the period of the Trojan war
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Then the
Phaeacians dance to a song the bard plays about the love of Ares
and Aphrodite
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Then the group has a feast at which the bard sings of the
fight that won the Trojan war
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How much about the blind bard is confirmed fact? (There is
reference to the blind man’s suffering, maybe Homer added in
that part, as his own piece of the story that he could relate to)

Quotation Analysis:
“I’m nothing like the immortal gods who rule the skies, either in
build or breeding
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” (186)
This quote is very significant to the characterization of
Odysseus
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This part especially demonstrates the humbleness of
Odysseus
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This might also portray
Odysseus’ wisdom in not trying to gain more than people were
willing to offer, Odysseus doesn’t even decide to tell them he is a
king of another place
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” (192)
This quote illustrates a huge part of Greek culture
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The fact the Phaeacians despised
foreigners and still treated him this way, demonstrates how
important hospitality is in Greek culture

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