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In the Odyssey, royal wife Penelope unravels her weaving every night to achieve what goal?
Penelope claimed she would choose a suitor once she finished weaving a burial shroud for her father-in-law, Laertes, secretly undoing her progress for three years.
The hero of Homer's Odyssey tells a Cyclops his name is "Nobody" to achieve what goal?
When Odysseus blinds the monster Polyphemus, the giant cries out that "Nobody" is hurting him, leading the other Cyclopes to ignore his distress.
Sailors eating the magical lotus plant in Homer's Odyssey suffer what unusual fate?
The sweet lotus fruit caused profound apathy and peaceful forgetfulness, forcing Odysseus to physically drag his addicted men back to the ships.
Captain Odysseus, hero of the Odyssey, makes his crew tie him to the mast to do what?
The Sirens' beautiful song lured sailors to crash on rocky shores. Odysseus had his crew plug their own ears with beeswax so they could row safely past them.