Places
Odysseus' home.
Where is Ithaca?
Odysseus' son.
Who is Telemachus?
"A gull flying on top of the waves diving down to catch a fish."
What is an Epic simile?
The sun god.
Who is Helios?
Odysseus used ______ to stab Polyphemus in the ______.
What is a pike, eye?
The first island Odysseus got trapped on.
Where is Calypso's island?
Odysseus' father.
Who is Laertes?
"The hallowed heights of Troy"
What is an example of alliteraion?
The most powerful god.
Who is Zeus?
The number of years Odysseus was away from home.
What are 10 years?
Circe's island.
Where is Aeaea?
Homer's daughter.
Who is Muse?
"...he seemed rather a shaggy mountain reared in solitude."
What is an example of a metaphor?
The god of the sea.
Who is Poseidon?
"Greek Hospitality".
What is Xenia?
The place known as "The land of the dead".
What is the underworld?
The person who wrote the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
"... the quiver spiked with coughing death."
What is an example of foreshadowing?
Goddess who was jealous of Penelope.
Who is Calypso?
The test that the suitors had to take in order to marry Penelope.
What is "The test of the bow"?
The Island of Aeolus.
What is Aeolia?
The person singing the story of Odysseus.
Who is Muse (Homer's daughter)?
"Her legs are like great tentacles... upon her serpent legs are borne six heads... triple serried rows of fangs...".
What is an example of imagery?
The goddess that always helps Odysseus.
Who is Athena?
Circe turns the men into ______.
What are pigs?