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The Odyssey begins with the invocation to the Muse. What is the purpose of this opening section?

What is Hermes sent to do?

How has Odysseus been feeling on Calypso's island? How has he been acting?

What reasons does Calypso give Odysseus to stay on the island?

Who is the goddess that helps Odysseus, and in what ways has she helped him so far?

What story does Odysseus begin to tell to Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians?

What is Odysseus's attitude toward his homeland, Ithica? How can you tell?

What happens to Odysseus and his men on the coast of Cicones? At what point in his journey home does this happen?

When they escape from the land of the Cicones, why are six benches empty in each of Odysseus's ships?

Why does Odysseus have to tie down the men who ate the lotus flowers? What does this reveal to the reader about Odysseus's attitude toward his crew?

Who is Polyphemus, and who is his father?

Why does Polyphemus have no fear of the gods?

What first keeps Odysseus from killing the cyclops?

Why does Odysseus tell Polyphemus his name is Nohbdy?

Odysseus's crew urges him to stop boating to the cyclops as they sail away, yet Odysseus continues. What does he reveal in his boasting, and why might that hurt him in the future?

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