Characters
Events
Themes and order of events
The Epic
Vocabulary
100
Who is the main character of the Odyssey
Who is Odysseus
100
What is the opening section called where they inform the audience of the poem
What is the invocation
100
Odysseus and his men find the cyclops island before they loot the shores (True or False)
What is False
100
This individual makes epics popular in western culture by writing the Iliad and Odyssey
Who is Homer
100
This means fighting or dealing with difficulty.
What is contending
200
Who is Odysseus's wife
Who is Penelope
200
What do we first see Odysseus doing
What is stranded on a new island telling his story
200
What is Odysseus's main goal
What is to get home
200
Epic poems are typically presented how
What is they are sung
200
Ordained means
What is set or determined by an authority or deemed by the gods
300
Which god keeps helping Odysseus
Who is Athena
300
What do Odysseus's men do on the coastal settlement of Cicones
What is become drunk and mutinous
300
What is one characteristic that keeps getting the crew in trouble
What is pride, curiosity, or boasting
300
An epic poem is narrated in predictable ways (True or False)
What is True
300
Sustained means
What is kept alive,supported
400
Which god is going to try and get revenge by the end of part 1
Who is Poseidon
400
How many men does the cyclops eat
What is 6
400
Name 3 steps of Odysseus's plan to escape the cyclops
What is gets him drunk, cuts out his eye, and hides under sheep
400
Name 3 characteristics of an epic poem
What is long narrative poem, speaker is a narrator who tells story, setting is expansive, there is a main character who is heroic, action includes superhuman deeds, gods or supernatural begins, purpose is to teach and inspire
400
Louts means
What is stupid beings
500
Who is the cyclops and son of Poseidon
Who is Polyphemus
500
What do they see early on that almost makes the crew stop going forward
What is the lotus eaters
500
What does Odysseus do before he leaves the island
What get boastful and taunt the cyclops
500
What are two examples of epic narration
What is has an invocation, begins telling in the middle of things, includes speeches by principle characters, narratives tone and style is formal, use of figurative languagae
500
This means polite and courteous
What is civility
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