Characters
Themes
Plot
Conventions
Miscellaneous
100
The Hero of the epic
Who is Odysseus?
100
One of the 7 deadly sins having to do with food.
What is gluttony.
100
Odysseus's men are turned into this animal.
What are pigs?
100
"Son of Laertes..." (9.490)
What is Patronymics?
100
The sacrifice that must be promised to the dead in order to reach the underworld.
What is the finest heifer?
200
Wind god that gives Odysseus a gift.
Who is Aiolos?
200
Greed and suffering do this to the suffering of man.
What is doubling?
200
This was contained in the bag given to Odysseus.
What is wind?
200
"...master of mariner and soldier..." (9.946)
What is epithet?
200
The length Odysseus stayed at Kirke's castle.
What is about 1 year?
300
Odysseus's fellow leader.
Who is Eurylokhos?
300
Greeks are famous for this custom that shows up continuously throughout the epic.
What is Hospitality?
300
Kirke's wine caused the sailors to become this.
What is drowsy?
300
An example of godly intervention.
What is the arrival of Hermes?
300
The name of the bread server in Greece and Kirke's castle.
What is a larder mistress?
400
Beautiful witch with a hobby of turning men into animals.
Who is Kirke?
400
An example of wrath in book X.
What is Odysseus's attack on Eurylokhos?
400
Where Kirke instructs Odysseus to travel.
What is the Underworld?
400
A vice of Odysseus.
What is Pride?
400
All of the animals Kirke turns men into.
What are wolves, mountain lions and pigs?
500
Member of a cannibal tribe.
Who is Antiphates?
500
This god stated the main theme of the epic.
Who is Zeus?
500
This animal was sent to Odysseus as a gift.
What is a stag?
500
Proof of Odysseus's well known heroics in Greece.
What is Kirke identifying him.
500
The sailor who died while Odysseus was leaving the castle.
Who is Elpenor?
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