Juicy Language
What does the word soughing mean in this sentence?: “A soughing relief from my cousins, like wind through wheat.”
What is to make a moaning, whistling, or rushing sound?
Who is Perse talking about in this quote?: “Fine. At least you will be of some use. You can squawk at each other.” (Pg. 27)
Who are Circe and Aeetes?
Fill in the blank: “‘So you come as Zeus’ spy then?’ ‘I prefer the word _____.’” (Pg. 91)
What is an envoy?
Which descendant of Hermes does the seeress prophecy will one day arrive on Circe’s island?
What is Odysseus? (Pg. 99)
After Circe is rejected by Glaucos, what does she do to retaliate? (Pg. 55 & 56)
What is she decides to turn Scylla into a monster?
What does the word detritus mean in this sentence?: “My bag was an absurdity, full of gilded detritus.” (Pg. 75)
What is waste or debris of any kind?
“[...] in all the rest of Oceanos’ halls, most of what passed for cleverness was only archness and spite. ______’s mind was a thousand times sharper and more swift.” (Pg. 92)
Who is Hermes?
Fill in the blank: “Is there not some — I do not know the word. Some device. Some bargain with the Fates, some trick, some ________—” (Pg. 45)
What is Pharmaka?
What god serves as a messenger in both Circe and the Odyssey?
What is Hermes? (Pg. 90 & 91)
In exchange for helping to fill Glaucos’ nets, what must Circe promise her aunt? (Pg. 43)
What is she must promise not to sleep with Glaucos?
What does the word timbre mean in the sentence?:
“I began to sing, and the lure followed my voice effortlessly, its timbre rising to sweeten my every phrase.” (Pg. 94)
What is the character or quality of a musical sound?
Who said this?:
“You’re clever to keep yours in a braid, the brown streaking does not look so bad then.” (Pg. 10)
Who is Phaethosa?
Fill in the blank: “It was not a word I knew. It was not a word anyone knew, then. ‘_________,’ I said. Witch.” (Pg. 68)
What is Pharmakis?
What giant hazard has Scylla positioned herself next to in order to force ships to travel near her?
What is a whirlpool? (Pg. 98)
Bonus(100 pts):
What is its name?
What was the reason for Circe wanting to transform into her brother, Perses when she’s travelling towards the straits? (Pg. 112)
What is because Scylla had loved him before?
Fill in the blank?: “Beautiful Scylla, ______-___ Scylla, with her viper heart.” (Pg. 55)
What is Dainty-Doe?
Which two people are speaking in this exchange?:
“‘What would happen,’ I said, ‘if a mortal saw you in your full glory?’ ‘He would be burned to ash in a second.’ ‘What if a mortal saw me?’ [...] ‘The mortal would count himself fortunate.’” (Pg. 8)
Who are Helios and Circe?
Fill in the blank: “‘__________, such arts are called, for they deal in pharmaka, those herbs with the power to work changes upon the word, both those sprung from the blood of gods.’” (Pg. 67)
What is Pharmakeia?
What curse-breaking plant does Circe use that will be used against her in the Odyssey?
What is Moly? (Pg. 100)
What event causes Circe to be burned by Helios? (Pg. 63)
What is when she speaks out about her powers?
What does nubility mean in this sentence?: “My Brother Perses had been enlisted to help her, lifting goblets to toasther nubility at every meal.” (Pg. 30)
What is Marriageable?
Fill in the blank: “Once when I was young I asked what mortals looked like. My father said, ‘You may say they are shaped like us, but only as the ____ is shaped like the _____?’”
(Pg. 6)
What is Worm and Whale?
Fill in the blank: “For that flower, so delicate it could dissolve beneath your stepping foot, carrying within it the unyielding power of ________, the turning aside of evil.” (Pg. 100)
What is apotrope?
Which herd of animals that Circe meets will one day be slaughtered and eaten by Odysseus’s men against his orders?
What are Helios’s Cattle? (Pg. 9-11)
After the cause of Circe’s powers is pinned towards her mother, Perse, what does the agreement between Helios and Zeus declare? (Pg. 74)
What is Helios agrees to sire no more children with Perse?