Characters
Odysseus wife, who waits twenty years for his return
Penelope
The name of the cyclops that eats Odysseus' men and curses their journey
Polyphemus
Where Circe tells Odysseus he must go in order to leave her island
1. Stringing the bow
2. Shooting an arrow through twelve rings
A long poem featuring an epic hero who goes on a journey that requires bravery, cunning, and strength
An epic
The goddess witch who turns Odysseus men into pigs
Circe
The name that Odysseus gives to the cyclops, in place of his actual name
Nobody
How Odysseus and his men get past the Sirens
Beeswax in the ears of his men
Odysseus is tied to the mast
The reason Penelope has proposed the archery contest
1. She has given up hope that Odysseus will return
2. The suitors are getting tired of waiting
"At this he stretched his hands out in his darkness toward the sky of stars, and prayed Poseidon: 'O hear me, lord, blue girdler of the islands... grant that Odysseus, raider of cities, never see his home...'"
Epithet
The blind prophet that Odysseus speaks to in the underworld
Tiresias
The way that Odyssey and his men escape the cyclops
Stabbing his eye
Hiding under sheep
How Odysseus and his men defeat Scylla and the Sirens
They don't. They sail through as quickly as they can.
Name 3 of the 5 allies that help Odysseus take back his home.
Telemachus, Athena, Zeus, Eumaeus, Philoetius
Odysseus
Epic Hero
The god that the cyclops, Polyphemus, prays to in order to curse Odysseus and his men
Poseidon
Why Odysseus and his men are cursed by the cyclops when they leave
Odysseus taunts him
Odysseus does not accept his apology
Helios
Why Penelope tells the servants to move Odysseus bed into the hallway outside her bedchamber
1. She thinks he is an imposter
2. She is testing him to see if he knows the secret of their bed
Define an epic simile
A comparison developed over several lines
The god who gives Odysseus moly, a plant that will protect Odysseus from Circe's magic
Hermes
Odysseus weakness in this section
Arrogance, Refusal to listen to his men, Pride
The two people who warned Odysseus against messing with the sun god's cattle
Circe and Tiresias
The first suitor that Odysseus kills in "Death in the Great Hall" & the way that he kills him
Odysseus kills Antinous with an arrow to the throat
A reference to a famous person, place, thing, or historical event.