Character Traits
Name the term for a larger-than-life protagonist who embodies the values of their culture
What is an epic hero?
Which island people did Odysseus and his crew raid right after they left Troy?
What is The Cicones?
What is a simile?
What is a comparison using like or as.
What is the Greek form of hospitality called?
What is xenia?
Which epic hero character traits does Odysseus possess?
What are strength, wisdom, and pride?
What plant do the Lotus-Eaters offer, and what immediate danger does it pose to sailors?
What is lotus flower and loss of purpose/hope of home?
What is an epithet?
What is a phrase used to define a person?
Who does Polyphemus call on to curse Odysseus after being blinded?
What is Poseidon, his father?
Define Hubris.
What is excessive pride?
Why does Odysseus blind Polyphemus instead of killing him, and what clever false name does he give the Cyclops?
What is so they can escape the cave and Nohbody?
What figurative language is being used in the following example?
"...in one stride, he clutched at my companions, and caught two in his hands like squirming puppies."
What is a simile?
What fatal loss occurs in the "Cattle of the Sun God" episode?
What is the rest of the crew?
Which vocab word can be used to describe the following:
"I am Odysseus, son of Laertes."
What is an epithet?
When he visits the Land of the Dead, who does Odysseus talk to and what does he warn him about?
What is Tiresius and the Cattle of the Sun God?
What two things are being compared in the following metaphor?
"A man surfcasting on a point of rock for bass or mackerel, whipping his long rod to drop the sinker and bait far out, will hook a fish and rip it from the surface to dangle, wiggling through the air."
What is the men being eaten by Scylla and a man fishing?
What is Odysseus's tragic flaw?
What is pride/arrogance?