Vocabulary pt1
A state of transition.
What is limbo?
Opposite of what is expected.
What is irony?
Homer is most associated with the island Chios. Where is the modern day location of Chios?
Turkey
The Odyssey establishes what archetype?
The Hero's Journey
The war between the Greeks and the city of Troy is known as what?
Trojan War
Enormous size or strength.
What is titanic?
"This backpack weighs a ton."
What is hyperbole?
The Iliad focuses on this Greek god's wrath during the Trojan War.
Achilles
An arduous journey that every epic hero must take is known as what?
Quest
True or False: The Trojan War started because Penelope was kidnapped by Paris.
False
To use the ideas of someone else and present them as your own.
What is plagiarize?
Synonym for cruel.
What is diabolic?
What is another term that Homer was known by?
Bard
Rhapsode
Instead of brute strength, Odysseus excels at what?
intellect, mental endurance, cunning
How many years did the Trojan War last?
10
Something that is stupid or silly.
What is asinine?
Another name for a leader.
What is a bellwether?
Because there is very little known about Homer, his true authorship of the Iliad and the Odyssey suspect. This is known as what?
The Homeric Question
True or False: An epic hero must be of noble birth?
True
The most famous battle during the Trojan War was between which 2 soldiers?
Achilles and Hector
Fantastic.
What is chimerical?
Worn out;exhausted
What is effete?
Homer is said to have passed away on the island of Ios which is located on what sea?
Aegean Sea
"Ultimately, every epic journey is an ____ for our personal journey homeward."
Allegory
How did the Greeks win the Trojan War?
Trojan Horse