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The World of the Hero: Homer (Component 1)
Quick questions on Disguise, deception and Athene in the Odyssey - OCR Classical Civilisation
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How does Homer present Penelope in this passage?Show answer
Refer to the passage. [10 marks]
What is testing loyalty on Ithaca?Show answer
The disguise allows Odysseus to test who has remained faithful. He finds the swineherd Eumaeus and the cowherd Philoetius loyal, and rewards them; he sees the suitors abusing his home and the disloyal maids consorting with them, marking them for punishment. His nurse Eurycleia is faithful but nearly exposes him when she recognises the old scar on his thigh while washing his feet (Book 19), a tense moment of near-recognition. The testing motif turns the homecoming into a moral audit of the household.
What is q1?Show answer
Read a passage from Odyssey Book 23 in which Penelope tests Odysseus. How does Homer present Penelope in this passage? Refer to the passage.
What is q2?Show answer
'Penelope is as clever as Odysseus.' To what extent do you agree? [marked out of 20; real H408/11 tariff is 30]
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