Historical Background
This person is believed to be the author of the Odyssey.
Who is Homer
This goddess is a nymph that held Odysseus hostage for 7 years.
Who is Calypso?
Odysseus is telling the story of his journey from the palace of this group of people.
Who are the Phaeacians?
This God gifted Odysseus with wind to get home.
Who is Aeolus?
This person gave Odysseus his instructions on how to get to the kingdom of the dead and how to get home.
Who is Circe?
This book is considered to be part 1 of the Odyssey and is a detailed account of The Trojan War
What is The Iliad
This god is a high and mighty king who is also the son of Chronus.
Who is Zeus?
The quote, "you're set on probing the bitter pains I've borne, so I'm to weep and grieve, it seems still more" explains...
What is the reason Odysseus cries from all of the grief he's endured.
These mutinous fools are responsible for most of Odysseus' hardships.
Who is his crew?
The greek term for this word is Erebus.
Hint: page 250, line 41
What is the underworld or darkness?
According to Webster's dictionary this word means "a series of adventurous journeys usually marked by many changes of fortune."
What is an odyssey?
This God is the blame for all of Odysseus' troubles
Who is Poseidon?
That type of conflict did Odysseus and his crew face against the Cicones?
Character vs. Society or Character vs. Character
The King of The Laestrygonian Giants prepared this for Odysseus and his crew.
What is a Barbarous Welcome?
This family member meets Odysseus in the Underworld.
Who is his mother
In the 4th century B.C., this greek philosopher wives us what he considers the essence of the plot in in his treatise known as "The Poetics"
Hint: The Introduction
Who is Aristotle?
This character is protecting his father's estate and his mother Penelope from her unsavory suitors.
Hint: What's his name?
Who is Telemachus?
The literary device explained in the quote "a sudden foreboding told my fighting spirit I'd soon come up against some giant clad in power like armor-plate a savage deaf to justice, blind to law."
What is foreshadowing?
This repetitive line signifies a new day.
What is "when Dawn with her lovely lock brought on the third day."
Tiresia's prophecy presents Odysseus with this type conflict.
What is character vs. fate
The Iliad and The Odyssey are known as some of the earliest literary works of Western Civilization, what is the name of the earliest known text?
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The unwritten code of how people should treat each other when hosting guests or being a guest in one's home.
Hint: Hospitality
What are Guest Right's?
The object used to blind the cyclops.
What is olivewood?
This God helped Odysseus to defeat Circe and free his men.
Who is Hermes
Who is Elpenor.