Odysseus's Journey 1
The place where the men eat a plant that makes them forget their past and not care about the future
What is the Land of the Lotus Eaters?
This enchantress turns Odysseus's men into swine (pigs)
Who is Circe?
An interruption in the main story to go back and learn about something that happened earlier (helps the reader understand what is happening)
What is flashback?
Princess who is inspired by Athene to do her laundry by the river where Odysseus washed up
Who is Nausicaa?
The Children's Homer is a retelling of these two Classic stories
What are the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Odysseus has himself tied to the mast and tells the men to put wax in their ears so he can listen to these
This king give Odysseus a bag of winds
Who is King AEolus?
Hints about what is coming later in the story
What is foreshadowing?
Son of Poseidon who curses Odysseus for blinding him
Who is Polyphemus?
The reason Achilles refuses to fight in the Trojan War
What is he doesn't want to fight for a selfish leader (Agamemnon)?
She loved Odysseus and kept him on her island for many years
Who is Calypso?
This creature eats six of Odysseus's men
Who is Scylla OR Polyphemus?
Used to explain origins (how something came to be) or customs in the world, often with religious importance to those who believed
What is a myth?
The most insolent wooer who is the first to be killed by Odysseus
Who is Antinous?
The character who tells Telemachus where Odysseus is
Who is King Menelaus?
In the Land of the Phaecians, Odysseus meets this king who gives him a ship and crew to return home to Ithaka
Who is King Alcinous?
This monster swallows the sea. Odysseus barely escapes by holding onto a fig branch.
Who is Charybdis?
A long, exaggerated story, often with a hero who has superhuman abilities
What is an epic poem?
NAME BOTH (must name both in the correct order):
The beggar who fights with Odysseus AND the evil goatherder
Who are Irus and Melanthius?
The reason the Trojan War begins (briefly)
What is Paris brings Helen to Troy (okay to mention the whole golden apple disaster)?
All of Odysseus's men are killed in a storm after they do this
What is eat the Cattle of the Sun on Thrinacia?
What Athene does to Odysseus to help him make a plan when he finally arrives on Ithaka
What is turn him into a beggar?
BONUS (we discussed, but it won't be on the test):
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
Name both (must get BOTH in the correct order to get the points):
Swineherder and cattleherder who are loyal to Odysseus
Who are Eumaeus and Philoteus?
Give two examples of Penelope's cleverness
What are (any two):she weaves the shroud for Laertes and unravels it at night, she designs the contest to choose a wooer by bending Odysseus's bow and shooting through the axes, or she tricks Odysseus into revealing his identity by asking Eurycleia to move his bed?