Name the Character
Mythological plants and creatures
Greek Gods
Pre-Odyssey
The structure of The Odyssey
100
The protagonist of the Odyssey.
Who is Odysseus?
100
One eyed giant.
What is a cyclops?
100
King of all the Gods who's symbol is the thunderbolt.
Who is Zeus?
100
The creator of The Odyssey and The Iliad.
Who is Homer?
100
A long narrative poem that tells the adventures of a hero from the past.
What is an Epic?
200
She is the wife of Odysseus.
Who is Penelope?
200
Six headed, 12 tentacled, man eating monster.
What is Scylla?
200
God of the Sea who's symbol is the trident.
Who is Poseidon?
200
The way The Odyssey was passed from person to person.
What is verbally?
200
A "larger than life" hero, usually male, who takes part in a long dangerous adventure.
What is an epic hero?
300
This witch turns Odysseus' men into swine.
Who is Circe?
300
These beautiful women-like creatures sing men to terrible death on their island.
What are the sirens?
300
God of the Underworld with his three headed dog.
Who is Hades?
300
Sense that Homer was without.
What is sight?
300
A long simile with great detail.
What is an epic simile?
400
The son of Odysseus.
Who is Telemachus?
400
This plant has an addictive drug-like effect on Odysseus' men.
What is the Lotus?
400
God of war.
Who is Ares?
400
The reason Odysseus left his home to begin with.
What is the Trojan War?
400
A short descriptive phrase that characterizes a person or thing and is the correct meter or syllables to fill a line of poetry.
What is an epithet?
500
This creature held Odysseus captive in his cave and ate some of his men.
Who is Polyphemus?
500
Odysseus' men were killed by Zeus after eating this.
What are "holy cows" of Helios?
500
Goddess of love and beauty who was given the Golden Apple by Paris.
Who is Aphrodite?
500
The face that launched 1,000 ships.
Who is Helen of Troy?
500
Shrek Harry Potter Indiana Jones Spiderman...
What are modern day epic heroes?
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