Plot
Part I of The Odyssey is mainly about this aspect of Odysseus
What are his heroic deeds?
What do epic poems typically start with?
An invocation to a muse
Gets tied to the mast to listen to the Sirens
Who is Odysseus?
What is a simple sentence?
Odysseus' men don't listen when he tells them to leave; the Cicones kill 6 benches of men per ship in battle
What is Ismarus?
Odysseus does this to save his men from the Lotus
He ties them to the ship benches
The women who hinders Odysseus' progress
Who are Circe and Calypso?
The Cyclops that eats Odysseus' men yet was tricked by "Nobody"
Who is Polyphemus?
Two independent clauses joined by a comma and coordinating conjunction
What is a compound sentence?
Circe's isle where she turns Odysseus' men into pigs
What is Aeaea?
Odysseus reveals this when sailing away from the Cyclops
What is his real name?
What role do the Sirens play in epic poem criteria?
Mythical beings who interact with the epic hero
The prophet in the Underworld who tells Odysseus how to get home
Who is Tiresias?
One independent clause joined by at least one dependent clause
What is a complex sentence?
Two sea monsters--one of them demands of toll of six of Odysseus' mens' lives!
What is Scylla and Charybdis?
Odysseus cries when he sees this person in the Land of the Dead despite not speaking to the person right away.
What is his mom, Anticleia?
descriptions of characters typically following their names
What are epithets?
Despite dying by breaking his neck falling off a roof, he's able to tell Odysseus he wants a funeral
Who is Elpenor?
Although the men were afraid, Odysseus prepared his crew.
What is a complex sentence?
Odysseus' men eat something on this island and forget all thoughts of home
What is the island of the Lotus Eaters?
Odysseus takes a nap on Thrinacia, which lets his men take action leading to their ultimate fate.
What is killing and eating Helios' cattle?
The story starts in the middle of the action
What is "in media res"?
The King of the Phaecians who promises Odysseus a ship to get home AND wants to hear his story
Who is Alcinous?
Circe told Odysseus about Scylla and Charybdis, and she described the Sirens carefully.
What is a compound sentence?
Despite being a paradise, Odysseus weeps everyday for seven years here.
What is Ogygia (Calypso's island)?