Thematic Concepts
The Odyssey is this type of poem because of its focus on Odysseus, a Greek hero.
What is an epic?
This character neglects the rules of Xenia when guests come into his home.
Who is Polyphemus?
This literary device is used in "They came with dawn over that terrain like the leaves and blades of spring."
What is a simile?
Besides an epithet, this is the other device that can be associated with “When the young Dawn with fingertips of rose lit up the world … mothers.”
What is personification?
Telemachus states that his mother, Penelope, is known for this and her beauty.
What is wisdom?
When in the Land of the Dead, Odysseus is asked a question by this character, revealing the importance of carrying a legacy or name forward.
Who is Achilles?
Guests are under the protection of this god.
Who is Zeus?
In this simile, Odysseus compares his trick of naming himself "Nohbdy" to this when he says "And I was filled with laughter to see how like … the name deceived them."
What is a charm?
As the spirits of Erebus have to drink blood to speak to Odysseus, blood is this device for life.
What is a symbol?
Zeus calls Odysseus a hero which is this word, a synonym for clever.
What is wily?
This plant is a symbol of addiction where it reveals the theme of the importance of staying close to family and home by keeping those who use this plant away from them due to a euphoric rush.
What is the lotus plant?
Theoclymenus is told that he will be given hospitality by this character.
Who is Telemachus?
The wild animals in front of Circe’s abode are described as this adjective when compared in a simile to house pets.
What is meek?
This device is used when a hawk comes down to attack some of the members during an assembly that Telemachus called and a quote is stated: "A sign of doom!"
What is foreshadowing?
This character is compared with Artemis by Odysseus.
Who is Nausicaa?
When this character boasts that the gods could not even drown him and he dies, we learn of the downfall that occurs as a result of upsetting the gods.
Who is Ajax?
After seeing Telemachus and Mentor, Nestor asks them to join this event, a showing of xenia.
What is a feast?
In the metaphor, "I must make a plan to slay the … who infest my palace," Odysseus compares the suitors to this type of animal.
What are vermin?
This device is implied when the blind minstrel in Phaeacia sings about the Trojan War, causing Odysseus to cry.
What is a flashback?
After Mentes leaves and Telemachus sees the suitors talking, he calls them this adjective.
What is insolent?
If Polyphemus hits Odysseus with the rock he threw, it would represent a hero's fall in this kind of literature.
What is a tragedy?
Odysseus's men were given a concoction of a magic drug, cheese, barely, and this kind of wine by Circe, which is inferred as hospitality by his men.
What is pramnian wine?
In the simile, “They attacked with a force so numerous, they were like … in autumn,” Odysseus compares the force of counterattack at the land of the Cicones to this object that is plentiful in autumn.
What are leaves?
This device is used when Odysseus prays to Athena saying, "Pallas Athena, sleepless daughter of Zeus, hear my prayer."
What is an epithet?
Athena tells Odysseus that this character’s heart is loyal, letting Odysseus know he can trust this character.
Who is Eumaeus?