Characters
This character was who Odyssess was warned to not give the blood to and who he was sad to see dead because when he left Ihaca, they were still alive.
Who was, his mother
This theme is represented by Odysseus’s mother.
What word comes before Odysseus?
What is Prince?
This literary device compares two unlike things using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
What does Tiresias prophesy for Odysseus?
His return home and his reunion with his wife
When Odyssesus was learning about different souls lives, this character begs Odyssesus to bury him.
Who is Elpenor
when the Phaeacians gave Odysseus many gifts and feasts during his time there in exchange for him telling his tales of the underworld, this theme is represented.
What is hospitality
What word comes after Persephoneia?
What is Awful?
Odysseus describes the spirits as swarming like this type of animal to emphasize their desperation.
What are birds?
Tantalus suffers this torment whenever he tries to eat or drink.
What is food and wateralways moving out of reach?
This blind prophet tells Odysseus how to return home and appease Poseidon.
Who is Tiresias
This theme is explored when Odysseus learns from Tiresias that his fate is tied to his choices and actions.
What is fate and/or free will?
What comes before Heracles?
What is mighty?
This device makes an indirect reference to a well-known person, event, or work that are common in the books of the Odyssey.
What is an allusion?
Odysseus saw Minos in the underworld, holding a golden rod and giving sentence upon the dead, his father was this god.
Who is Zeus?
This hero from the Trojan War tells Odysseus that he would rather be a poor farmer alive than a king among the dead.
Who is Achilles?
Achilles asked Odysseus about his alive son and how he did in the battle of Troy, this theme is displayed then.
What is legacy?
What hyphenated two words comes before Achilles?
What is clean-heeled Achilles?
This sun god, not Apollo, gets mentioned as an allusion.
Who is Helios?
Odysseus speaks with this former king who was murdered by his wife, Clytemnestra.
Who is Agamemnon?
This male character is the best friend and right hand to Achilles.
Who is Patroclos?
The conversation between Agamemnon and Odysseus highlights this theme, contrasting Penelope waiting for Odysseus to return with Clytemnestra killing Agamemnon.
What is loyalty vs. betraya?
What word comes after Allseeing?
What is Zeus?
In this final sentence “They were soon rowing steadily on their benches, and the current bore is steadily down the ocean stream; oars at first, afterwards a followino breeze” has this literary device used.
What is imagery?
Nereus, married this beautiful women for her beauty, making her the queen of Pylos. (Her epithet is beautiful __)
Who is Chloris?