Terms
Odyssey Characters
Creatures and people
"The Iliad"
"The Iliad" Continued
100

This means having excessive pride to the Greeks

What is hubris?

100

Poseidon's sea nymphs that think they are being bribed by Odysseus/his men with gems in the ocean.

Who are the Naiads?

100
Circe turns Odysseus' men into this type of animal.
What are pigs?
100
Paris chooses this goddess as the most beautiful goddess.
Who is Aphrodite?
100

This Greek character used Achilles' armor in battle.

Who is Patroclus?

200

A person admired for great or brave acts, or fine qualities.

What is a hero?

200

He provides Odysseus with an antidote against Circe's spell

Who is Hermes

200
Odysseus and his men hide under these to escape from Polyphemus.
What are sheep?
200
Everything is fine until Paris takes this character to Troy, and officially starts the Trojan War.
Who is Helen?
200
The reason why Achilles enters battle again.
What is "to avenge the death of Patroclus?"
300

The act of being hospitable to guest is called

What is Xenia?

300
This character is the son of Odysseus and the Prince of Ithaca.
Who is Telemachus?
300

This god who is the controller of winds

Who is Aeolus

300

The real reason why Agamemnon wants to go to war with Troy is to control all of this geographic area.

What is the Aegean or Black sea?

300
Hector knows he is going to die in battle with Achilles once he realizes this goddess has tricked him.
Who is Athena?
400

What kind of story is The Iliad and The Odyssey

What is an epic poem?

400
This nymph traps Odysseus on her island for seven years. Coincidentally, one year for each letter in her name.
Who is Calypso?
400

Why does Odysseus see his mom in the Underworld

because she killed herself waiting for him

400

The nymph Thetis, mother of Achilles, takes her newborn son here after learning of his fate.

What is the River Styx

400
Achilles drags this character's dead body behind his chariot, and thus angers most of the gods.
Who is Hector?
500

Also known as a long and adventurous journey or voyage

What is an Odyssey?

500

Odysseus goes on an "adventure" and blinds this son of Poseidon.

Who is Polyphemus?

500

This is Athena's symbolic animal

What is an owl?

500
These two Greeks have an argument that turns the war in the Trojans' favor.
Who are Achilles and Agamemnon?
500

The two people who tried to warn King Priam are

Who are Cassandra and Laocoon?

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