Literary Terms
Homer uses this extended device to compare two unlike things.
What is a simile?
"I prefer her, by far, the girl herself...I rank her higher than Clytemnestra, my wedded wife".
Who is Agamemnon.
After eating these fruits, Odysseus' men no longer wish to go home
What is the lotus flowers?
What action does Apollo take when Calchas' daughter is taken by Agamemnon?
Apollo sends a plague upon the Achaeans.
The most beautiful goddess of all who kept Odysseus for 7 years.
This technique in Homer's writing mean's "in the middle of things".
What is "in media res?"
"Not I, I'll never go back again. It would be wrong, disgraceful to share that coward's bed once more".
Who is Helen?
This is one of Odysseus's loyal crew members who accompanies him on his way home.
Who is Eurylochos?
Whose armor is Hector wearing in his battle against Achilles?
What is Achilles' armor?
Aeolus fills Odysseus' bag with this.
What is wind?
This Greek code for hospitality.
What is Xenia?
"Go therefore back in the house, and take up your work, the loom and the distaff, and see to it that your handmaidens ply their work also; but the men must see to discussion, all men, but I most of all. For mine is the power in this household."
Who is Telemachos?
For how long is Odysseus away from home?
What is 20 years?
This goddess threw a golden apple into the reception of at the wedding of Achilles' parents.
Who is Eris?
What does Teiresias have in common with author, Homer?
What is they're both blind?
A storyteller.
What is a bard?
"Oh would to god that I could sink my teeth in his liver, eat him raw! That would avenge what he has done to Hector."
Who is Achilles?
This is Odysseus' son who waits at home in Ithaca for his return.
Telemachos.
When Priam asks for pity, what person does he ask Achilles to remember?
Who is his father?
Poseidon's son.
Who is Polyphemos?
This is a descriptive device that is used in place of a noun.
“There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.”
Who is Odysseus?
These two characters live on either side of the Strait of Messina
Who are Scylla and Charybdis?
Name one scene on Achilles' shield.
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Witch goddess that lives on the island of Aeaea.
Who is Circe?