Book 1
Who is telling this story?
Who has trapped Odysseus?
Calypso
What fake name does Odysseus give in the cave?
"Nohbdy" (Nobody)
What is the name of the sea witch that Odysseus meets in this book?
Circe
What literary device is used here: "She was like an angel coming down from heaven"
Simile
Who do we find out Odysseus angered in Book 1?
Poseidon
Who does Zeus send to talk to Odysseus's captor?
Hermes
What is the name of Ody's father?
Laertes
What god does Odysseus meet BEFORE the sea witch? (Hint: he gives Ody and his men two gifts)
Aeolus (god of wind)
What literary device is used here: "As she stared at the sky, the lightning danced on the horizon."
Personification
Zeus
When us readers first meet Odysseus, what is he doing?
Why doesn't Ody simply kill the creature?
He and his men won't be able to move the rock blocking the exit.
What does Circe do to Ody's men?
She turns them into pigs
In the Odyssey, several characters warn Odysseus about the cows of Helios. What is this an example of?
Foreshadowing
The narrator of this story calls upon who/what to aid them?
The Muses
After leaving his captor's island, Odysseus is shipwrecked. When he finally rests, what symbol does he rest under?
an olive branch
What is the name of the cyclops?
Polyphemus
Where does Circe send Odysseus?
The Land of the Dead (to see Tiresias)
We know that the character is walking into a trap, but they don't. This is an example of...?
Dramatic Irony
In Book 1, we are told that Odysseus's crew dies. How do they die?
They eat the cows of Helios (sun god).
After leaving his captor's island, what island does Odysseus land on?
Scheria (King Al's island)
At the end of book 9, what three pieces of information does Odysseus give the creature?
His name, his father's name, and where he lives (Ithaca).
What is name of the plant that Hermes gives Odysseus?
Moly
Read this epic simile, and identify the vehicle:
"I drove my weight on it from above and bored it home like a shipwright bores his beam with a shipwright's drill that men below, whipping the strap back and forth, whirl and the drill keeps twisting, never stopping --So we seized our stake with it fiery tip and bored it round and round in the giant's eye."
Vehicle: like a shipwright bores his beam with a shipwright's drill that men below, whipping the strap back and forth, whirl and the drill keeps twisting, never stopping