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In Ithica
100
Odysseus' wife.
Who is Penelope?
100
Odysseus' son.
Who is Telemachus?
100
Home of Odysseus.
What is Ithica?
100
A detailed comparison in the form of a simile that are many lines in length.
What is an Epic simile?
100
The faithful dog of Odysseus.
Who is Argos?
200
The god of the sea.
Who is Poseidon?
200
The messenger god.
Who is Hermes?
200
The place where the Trojan war happend.
What is Troy?
200
Two or more words in a phrase or line of poetry share the same beginning sound.
What is an Alliteration?
200
The only person that can string the "Great Bow".
who is Odysseus?
300
A Cyclops.
Who is polyphemus?
300
Witch-goddess who turns Odysseus' men into swine.
Who is Circe?
300
The place Odysseus ended up after being at Lotus Eaters.
What is Cyclops?
300
The Greek word often translated to "renown", or "glory".
What is Kleos?
300
The people Odysseus illed when he got home.
Who are the suiters?
400
Odysseus' old nurse.
Who is Eurycleia?
400
She favored the Greeks during the Trojen war (Goddess).
Who is Athena?
400
The place no other man has returned from.
What is the Underworld?
400
A word or phrase to someone that describes that person's attributes or qualities.
What is Epithet?
400
Penelope tells/ tests Odysseus to make sure its really him.
Is it alright that I moved the bed into the other room?
500
One of Odysseus' loyal servents (swineherd).
Who is Eumaeus?
500
One of Odysseus' loyal servent (cowherd).
Who is Philoeteus?
500
The Island ruled by King Alcinous.
What is Phaeacia?
500
A sacrifice to the gods of 100 cattle.
What is Hecatomb?
500
Odysseus carved it out of a tree.
What is the bed?
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