Plot
Who survives the Odyssey?
Only Odysseus
Name a god.
Zeus, Poseidon, Athena, etc.
What figurative language is this: "Lord of Cloud"
epithet
What should your long answer format include?
Claim, Evidence, Explanation of Evidence, Connection between Claim and Evidence!
Where is Odysseus trying to go?
Home to Ithaca
Sirens are women + ...
birds
Who wrote the Odyssey?
Homer
Formal and Adventurous
What controls Odysseus the most?
his fate
What is Odysseus's wife's name?
Penelope
What figurative language is this: "he who sets the earth a-tremble"
epithet
What is the author's purpose for the Odyssey?
entertain
How long was Odysseus gone from home?
20 years
What was the cyclope's name?
Polyphemus
Who does Homer invoke?
The Muses
Implicit or Explicit: "They neither plow nor sow by hand, nor till the ground." (Also, who is this about?)
Implicit, the cyclopes
What is the key to Penelope's trick to test Odysseus?
their bed
Who owns the cattle that the men aren't supposed to eat?
Helios
What does "in medias res" mean?
in the middle of things
What is the form of the Odyssey?
epic poem