Monster
Witch goddess that lives on the island of Aeaea
Who is Circe?
The goddess that always looks out for Odysseus
Who is Athena?
After eating these fruits, Odysseus' men no longer wish to go home
What are the lotus flowers?
A storyteller
What is a bard?
These two characters live on either side of the Strait of Messina
Who are Scylla and Charybdis?
The most beautiful goddess of all who kept Odysseus for 7 years
Who is Calypso?
Delivers the message to Calypso that she should let Odysseus go home
Who is Hermes?
This is one of Odysseus' loyal crew members who accompanies him on his way home
Who is Eurylochus?
This is a descriptive device that is used in a place of a noun
What is an epithet?
Aeolus fills Odysseus' bad with this
What is wind?
Maidens with beautiful singing voices and cause men to steer their ships off course
Who are Sirens?
The god of the underworld
Who is Hades?
What is 20 years?
This Greek word means hospitality
What is Xenos?
These two people provide Odysseus with prophecies that tells his future
Who are Teiresias and Circe?
Poseidon's Son
Who is Cyclops?
The god is out to get Odysseus to avenge his son's injury
Who is Poseidon?
The people that Odysseus' men rape and plunder and kill many of Odysseus' men
Who are the Cicones?
Homer uses this extended device to compare two unlike things
What is a Homeric simile?
What does Teiresias have in common with the author, Homer?
What is they are blind?
A giant whirlpool/maelstrom
This god hears and sees everything
Who is Helios?
This is Odysseus' son who waits at home in Ithaca for his return
Who is Telemachus?
A long poem, typically derived from an oral tradition
What is an epic?
What are three important Greek values we have observed in The Odyssey?
What are respect, loyalty and hospitality?