Gods and Goddesses
He causes a storm that drives Odysseus' ship from Cicones to the land of the Lotus-Eaters.
Who is Zeus?
The Odyssey is an example of this.
What is an epic poem?
Odysseus cleverly tells him, "I'm Nohbdy."
Who is Polyphemus?
What is blank verse?
After escaping Calypso, Odysseus reaches Phaeacia and tells the story of his journey to this king.
Who is King Alcinous?
How Odysseus and his men escape Polyphemus's cave.
What is blind his eye with a pole?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The goddess who threw a golden apple with the words "For the Fairest."
Who is Eris, goddess of discord?
The main character in an epic is always this.
What is a physically impressive hero?
They tempt Odysseus' men with a plant that makes them forget home.
Who are the Lotus-Eaters?
What is free verse?
The reason why Odysseus' men eat the sacred cows of Helios.
What is fear of starvation?
How Odysseus and his crew get past the Sirens.
What is cover their ears with beeswax and tie Odysseus to the mast?
A gift from Aeolus.
What is a bag containing all the winds except the favorable west wind?
These always interfere with the hero's quest.
What are supernatural forces?
"giants, louts, without a law to bless them" (line 110)
Who are the Cyclopes?
This is an example:
The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
What is Cicones?
This is how Odysseus' men are punished after eating the cows.
What is a thunder-bolt sent by Zeus?
They give inspiration to poets and artists.
Who are the Muses?
Includes most of the known world, and also the underworld.
What is the setting of an epic?
Charybdis.
What is the giant whirlpool that spews up the sea and sucks it down again?
The reader realizes that, unexpectedly, the whole poem was actually the Siren's song the whole time.
What is an irony in Siren Song?
These two characters provide Odysseus with prophecies of his future.
"Comrades," he said,
"You've gone through everything; listen to what I say.
All deaths are hateful to us, mortal wretches,
but famine is the most pitiful, the worst
end that a man can come to."
How does Eurylochus convince the crew to eat Helios' sacred cows?
He threatens to go to the underworld if Odysseus is not punished.
Who is Helios?
As an epic hero, Odysseus shows these characteristics.
What is guile, curiosity, recklessness, and leadership?
"A man surfcasting on a point of rock
for bass or mackerel, whipping his long rod
to drop the sinker and the bait far out,
will hook a fish and rip it from the surface
to dangle wriggling through the air:
so these
were borne aloft in spasms toward the cliff."
What is a simile comparing Scylla taking men from the ship to catching fish?
"Young Dawn with fingertips of rose" is an example of this.
What is an epithet?
It is the Greek concept of hospitality.
What is Xenia?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY -
Destroy, consume, and devastate are synonyms.
What is "ravage"?