Epithets
Traits of an Epic
Homeric Similes
The Greeks
The women
100

Rosy fingered

What is Dawn?

100

Who is the Son of Laertes? 

Who is Odysseus?

100
The petals of hyacinth. 

What is Ody's hair?

100

This Greek custom requires homeowners to welcome their guests without question. 

What is Xenia?

100

Odysseus asks his men to tie him to the mast of the ship so he can be the only one to hear their song. 

Who are the Sirens. 

200

White armed

Who is Nausicca?

200

When we meet Odysseus for the first time, what is he doing? 

What is crying?

200

A fisherman casting a rod and hooking a fish.

Who is Scylla taking 6 men from Ody's ship. 

200

This prayer addresses the nine muses and asks for inspiration to tell the story of Homer's tale. 

The Invocation?

200

She tells Odysseus that he must hurry home because men are trying to take him palace. 

Who is Anticleia?

300

Earth-shaker

Posiedon

300

Excessive pride or ego is called... 

What is hubris?

300

A seagull gliding down and barely skimming the water. 

Who is Hermes as he flies. 

300

They secured the help of nearby townsmen and returned to their shores to get revenge on Ody and his men, killing some of Odysseus's crew. 

What are the Cicones?

300

Once he returns home, she assists Odysseus by telling him how many of the maids have been disloyal.

Who is Eurycleia?

400

bright-eyed

Who is Athena?

400

Who negotiates with Zeus for Odysseus' release from Calypso. 

Who is Athena

400

a mountain lion stalking its prey. 

Who is Odysseus approaches the girls on the beach?

400

He is the first of the suitors to die.

Who is Antinous?

400

She lives in a beautiful paradise with lush gardens and ornate birds. 

Who is Calypso?

500

Swift-flashing

Who is Hermes

500

Who is the man skilled in all ways of contending.

Who is Odysseus?

500

A large cauldron boiling and bubbling over. 

Who is Charybdis?

500

He falls off of Circe's roof and dies.  Later, he asks Odysseus to give him a proper burial. 

Who is Elpanor?

500

She tells Odysseus that he must visit the Land of the Dead (Underworld) before he can find his way home. 

Who is Circe?

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