Who's the God?
That's so EPIC!
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Vocabulary!
Location, Location, Location!
100
King of the Gods
Who is Zeus?
100
Define an epic.
What is a long narrative poem?
100
This monster is known for his eye.
What is Cyclops?
100
This word means to rob of property by force; steal from
What is plunder?
100
This is Odysseus' home.
What is Ithaca?
200
The Messenger God
Who is Hermes?
200
A long comparison between two essentially unlike things that goes on for a number of lines and in great detail.
What is an epic simile?
200
This monster is a giant whirlpool. Watch out!
What is Charybdis?
200
This word means to be entertained or amused.
What is regaled?
200
This is where Odysseus' men encounter the honeyed plant that makes them lose all desire to return home.
What is the land of the Lotus Eaters?
300
God of music and doctors.
Who is Apollo?
300
Larger than life figure who represents the values of the nation or the race that creates him. Odysseus is an example of one.
What is an Epic Hero?
300
This monster has six heads.
What is Scylla?
300
This word means heavy in a clumsy way.
What is ponderous?
300
This is where Odysseus goes to receive advice from the blind prophet Tiresias of Thebes.
What is the underworld?
400
God of the Sun.
Who is Helios?
400
He is the accepted composer of The Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
400
The voices of these monsters are lovely and lure sailors to their deaths.
Who are the Sirens?
400
This word means acting in a nervous or uncertain way.
What is dithering?
400
This is where Odysseus stays for 1 year with Circe.
What is Aeaea?
500
God of the "wine dark sea".
Who is Poseidon?
500
These are the characteristics of an epic poem.
What is 1) Begins in media res (in the middle of) 2) Begins with an invocation to the muse. 3) The hero is important and well-respected. 4) He goes on a journey to find something that is important to him or his people. 5) There is divine intervention by the gods. 6) The hero journeys to the underworld or experiences a symbolic death.
500
This is the name of the Cyclops.
What is Polyphemus?
500
This word means to refuse or reject scornfully.
What is disdain?
500
This is where Odysseus fought for the 10 years prior to his journey home.
What is Troy?
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