Characters
Odysseus' son
Who is Telemachus
king of gods
Who is Zeus
cyclops blinded by Odysseus
Who is Polyphemus
the author's message
What is theme
hints or clues about what will happen later in a story
What is foreshadowing
Odysseus' wife
Who is Penelope
god of the sea
Who is Poseidon
held captive on her island for seven years
Who is Calypso
What is personification
When the author takes us back in time to previous events that affect the present story
What is flashback
Blind prophet Odysseus seeks in the Land of the Dead
Who is Tiresias
protects Odysseus
Who is Athena
turns Odysseus men into swine
Who is Circe
hiss, pop, splat, boom, etc
What is onomotopoeia
a character who changes over the course of the story
What is dynamic character
The ring-leader of the suitors
Who is Antinous
gives Odysseus moly to protect against Circe
Who is Hermes
Who is Scylla
a long comparison using like or as that compares an extraordinary thing to an ordinary thing
What is an epic (homeric) simile
a long narrative poem that tells the story of a hero
What is an epic
Odysseus' faithful swineherd
Who is Eumaus
god of the sun
Who is Helios
Giant whirlpool
What is Charybdis
descriptive words or phrases
What is an epithet
means "in the midst of action"
What is in medias res