Vocabulary
Reading Comprehension
Name the Quote
Epithets
Fill in the blank
100
anguish
What is excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain
100
What form did Athena first appear to Odysseus as when he got to Ithaca?
What is An elegant shepherd boy
100
“Alcinous, majesty, shining among your island people, make your libations, launch me safely on my way-to one and all, farewell”
What is Odysseus
100
King of the dark cloud
What is Zeus
100
Athena tells Odysseus you first must make your way to the ____ in charge of you pigs.
What is the swineherd
200
To probe
What is to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely
200
What kind of tree stands at the harbor’s head in Ithaca?
What is an olive tree
200
“Zeus, father, I will lose all my honor now among the immortals, now there are mortal men that who show me no respect.”
What is Poseidon
200
The majestic king
What is Alcinous
200
The cave has two ways in, one facing the North Wind, a pathway down for ____; the other facing the South, belongs to the gods.
What is mortals
300
Libation
What is a pouring out of wine or other liquid in honor of a deity.
300
Why did Athena Change the appearance of Odysseus when he got to Ithaca?
What is To keep him from being known by his wife, townsmen, and friends until the suitors paid the price for all of their outrage.
300
“Oh no- my father’s prophecy years ago… it all comes home to me with a vengeance now!”
What is Alcinous
300
The man of intrigue
What is Odysseus
300
The chapter ends when Athena leaves for____ to retrieve Telemachus.
What is Lacedaemon
400
Sumptuous
What is entailing great expense, luxuriously fine or large; lavish; splendid
400
Where was the first place Odysseus was supposed to go in Athena’s plan?
What is the Swineherd
400
You’re so hard for a mortal man to know on sight, however shrewd he is- the shapes you take are endless.”
What is Odysseus
400
The inspired bard
What is Demodocus
400
There on the coast lies a haven named for _____, the old god of the deep.
What is Phorcys
500
guile
What is insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
500
What is Ithaca named for?
What is Phorcys- the old god of the deep
500
“Free your mind of all that anguish now. Come, quick let’s bury your treasure here in some recess of this hallowed cave where they’ll be safe and sound, then we’ll make plans so we can win the day. ”
What is Athena
500
The cool tactician
What is Odysseus
500
Odysseus kissed the good green earth, raised his hands and prayed at once to the ____ of the springs.
What is Nymphs
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