Odysseus's Big Ego
The Monsters
Ladies' Man
Vocabulary
The Geography of The Odyssey
100
Another (Greek mythology) word for arrogant
What is hubris?
100
This sea creature has six heads, tentacles, and lots of sharp teeth.
What is the Scylla?
100
This is the name of Odysseus' wife.
Who is Penelope?
100
Which of the following animals might be categorized as "ponderous" - an elephant, a jaguar, a bird?
What is an elephant?
100
The Odyssey (Part I) begins on this island.
What is Calypso's island?
200
In the epic poem "The Odyssey," Homer uses descriptors such as "master mariner" in place of Odysseus's name. This is called...
What is an epithet?
200
This monster is the son of Poseidon.
What is the Cyclops (or Polyphemus)?
200
This is the name of the goddess who keeps Odysseus alone on her island for seven years. Part one begins and ends with her.
Who is Calypso?
200
Profusion means...
What is abundance?
200
This is Odysseus's homeland.
What is Ithaca?
300
Rather than plugging his ears with beeswax to avoid hearing the Sirens, Odysseus does this.
What is has his men tie him to the mast of the ship?
300
This monster controls the tides...angrily.
What is the Charybdis?
300
This is the name of the witch/goddess who turns Odysseus's men to pigs and sends him to the underworld.
Who is Circe?
300
An adversary is
What is an opponent/enemy?
300
This is where the residents eat a flower that makes them complacent.
What is the Land of the Lotus Eaters?
400
This is the name Odysseus gives Polyphemus (the Cyclops) when asked.
What is Nohbdy (Nobody)?
400
These "monsters" lure men into the ocean with their sweet songs.
What are the Sirens?
400
This is the unexpected woman Odysseus encounters in the underworld.
Who is his mother (name: Anticlea)?
400
A beguiling child might be considered...
What is charming?
400
Circe sends Odysseus to this unpleasant place.
What is the Underworld?
500
Odysseus chooses to visit the land of the Cyclopes for this reason.
What is a desire to see what they can offer him?
500
The home of Circe is not surrounded by monsters, but rather these.
What are wolves and mountain lions?
500
This god tells Calypso to release Odysseus.
Who is Hermes?
500
Ardor is another word for this.
What is passion?
500
Thrinacia is the island of this god...who is a little too attached to his cows.
Who is Helios?
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