Homer (Not-Simpson)
& Epic Poetry
Gods
Monsters
The Cyclops
The Lotus-Eaters &
The Sirens & Circe
100
The era in which Homer lived.
What is the 8th century BC?
100
The god-friend of Odysseus
Who is Athena?
100
The whirlpool that tried to take down Odysseus' ship
What is Charybdis?
100
The name Odysseus gives to the Cyclops
What is Nohbdy?
100
The manner in which Sirens lure men to their deaths
What is singing?
200
The length it takes for Odysseus to get home after the Trojan War
What is 10 years?
200
The messenger god who gave Odysseus moly to fight off Circe's sorcery
Who is Hermes?
200
The enchantress who turns men into animals
Who is Circe?
200
The name of the Cyclops
What is Polyphemus?
200
Odysseus puts this in his men's ears to prevent them from hearing the Sirens
What is wax?
300
What is the prequel to The Odyssey?
What is The Iliad?
300
The god-enemy of Odysseus who tried to drown him
Who is Poseidon?
300
The six-headed monster who ate six of Odysseus' men
What is Scylla?
300
First, Odysseus gets the Cyclops to drink too much _________, then he chars his staff to ______ the Cyclops.
What is "wine" and "blind"?
300
This happens to whoever eats the lotus flower
What is they lose sense of time and desire for home?
400
Who is the hero of The Iliad?
Who is Achilles?
400
The god who sent the storm that broke Odysseus' ship and drowned all his men
Who is Zeus?
400
The sea-nymph that saved Odysseus from being drowned by Poseidon and delivered him to the beach where Princess Nausicaa found him
Who is Ino?
400
The manner in which Odysseus and his men escape the cave
What is on the underbellies of the sheep?
400
The animal Circe chooses to turn Odysseus' men into
What is pigs?
500
List the three title characteristics of epic poetry.
What is lengthy, narrative, has a hero, is significant to a culture or nation.
500
The old-sun god that was angered when Odysseus' men ate his cattle
Who is Helius?
500
The sea-nymph who kept Odysseus captive for seven years because she loved him
Who is Calypso?
500
The father of the Cyclops
Who is Poseidon?
500
What Circe gives Odysseus after he threatens her to release his men (4 things)
What is wine, water, food and directions?
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