Gods and Goddesses
Monsters
Hodgepodge
Epic Hero/ Epic Conventions
Events
100
The goddess who helps Odysseus the most throughout his journey home
Who is Athene?
100
Cyclops who kills six of Odysseus's men
Who is Polyphemus?
100
The person the suitors most want to kill before Odysseus arrives home
Who is Telemachus?
100
How all epics begin (not where they begin)
What is an invocation to the muse?
100
This is the disguise Odysseus has when he first returns to Ithaca
What is a beggar?
200
The father of Polyphemus
Who is Poseidon?
200
Water nymphs who kill sailors by luring them with their beautiful voices
Who are the Sirens?
200
The clever creation by Odysseus that helps the Greeks win the Trojan War
What is the Trojan Horse?
200
Where all epics begin in the course of the story
What is in medias res?
200
This is how Penelope is able to delay marrying one of the suitors
What is she weaves and unweaves her wedding fabric each day?
300
The leader of all of the gods and goddesses
Who is Zeus?
300
The bottomless hole at the base of a whirlpool
What is Charybdis?
300
The most hospitable people on Odysseus's journey
Who are the Phaecians?
300
Three traits of an epic hero
What are any of the following: strong, brave, descended from the gods, reflecting the ideals of his society, smart/clever?
300
Three obstacles Circe warns Odysseus about before he leaves her
What are the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, and Hyperion's Cattle?
400
Goddess who causes the Trojan War
Who is Aphrodite?
400
A beautiful woman who refused the love of Glaucus and was turned into a six-headed monster in return
What is Scylla?
400
Author of The Odyssey
Who is Homer?
400
The main theme of The Odyssey, common to most epics
What is intelligence is greater than strength?
400
This is the contest that Odysseus wins to regain Penelope
What is an archery contest?
500
God who helps his great grandson Odysseus avoid Circe's spell
Who is Hermes?
500
Beasts on the island of Thrinacia who were not to be touched
What are Hyperion's cattle?
500
Name Odysseus gives Polyphemus instead of his real name
What is No Man or Nobody?
500
The main conflict in The Odyssey and most epics
What is man vs. supernatural?
500
This is how Odysseus gets rid of all of the suitors at the end
What is Telemachus hides the suitors' weapons and Odysseus shoots the suitors with his arrows once he's won the archery contest?
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