Question

This figure comes to Telemachus, disguised as the king of the Taphians, to see if he knows how to greet a guest properly. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this goddess who often appears in disguises, such as among the Phaeacians (“FAY-uh-shuns”). She serves as the protectress of Odysseus throughout the Odyssey.
ANSWER: Athena
[10h] Athena also appears disguised as this guardian of Telemachus, an old friend of Odysseus. Athena, as this son of Alcimus, convinces Odysseus to fight Penelope’s suitors.
ANSWER: Mentor [do not accept or prompt on “Mentes”]
[10m] Besides Athena, Odysseus is also advised by this form of Tiresias. Give either a traditional English term for the ghosts seen by heroes like Odysseus and Aeneas or the Latin or Greek word translated by it.
ANSWER: shade [accept umbra; accept skia; accept shadow; prompt on ghost]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Mythology>

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