OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation · J199
Paper 3
A man seeking to marry a woman. In the Odyssey, the suitors seek Penelope’s hand while consuming the resources of Odysseus’ household.
Revise: Penelope and TelemachusIn Book 19, Penelope explains how she resisted the pressure to remarry. She told the suitors that she must first finish a burial shroud for Laertes, Odysseus’ father, ready for his eventual death. She appealed to a respectable family obligation: a wealthy man should not be buried without a shroud.
- Revise: The Suitors, the Crew and the Slaves
- Revise: Prescribed Texts
A man seeking to marry a woman; in the Odyssey, the suitors seek Penelope’s hand while occupying Odysseus’ household.