Signs and a Vision
THE ODYSSEY translated by Robert Fitzgerald
1. What further evidence of betrayal does Odysseus observe sleeping outside Penelope’s room?
2. What sign does Odysseus seeks and then receives from Zeus?
3. Who is Philoitios and what role does he play?
4. What holiday commences? How does this occasion appear appropriate for the events that follow?
5. How does Athena further aggravate the conflict?
6. Why do the suitors taunt and laugh at Telemachos?
7. What vision does the fugitive Theoklymenos announce to the gathering?
