Vocabulary
Odysseus is Back!
Godly Intervention
Those Who Die
Epic Hero
100
A disorderly crowd; a mob.
What is a rabble?
100
When Odysseus returns to Ithaca, Athena disguises him as a ____________________ so that he will not be recognized.
What is an old beggar?
100
Athena helps this person because she "put fullness into his limbs, so that he seemed stronger and bigger than before."
Who is Laertes?
100
I am a suitor who stole arms and weapons for the other suitors. I am caught, tied up, and eventually tortured, killed and fed to the dogs.
Who is Melanthios?
100
Fill in the blanks: An epic hero must excel in ________________, _______________ and courage
What is skill and strength?
200
A soldier who carries out orders or performs minor tasks for an officer.
What is an orderly?
200
When Odysseus reveals himself to his wife Penelope. She does not believe him and says what to test his identity.
What is that their marriage bed would be moved?
200
Athena does this to assist Telemachos and Odysseus to not be seen as they leave their home and begin their journey to go see Odysseus' father.
What is hide them in darkness?
200
I am the leader of the suitors. I am killed by Odysseus at the beginning of Book XXII when he shoots an arrow through my throat.
Who is Antinoos?
200
True or False. An epic hero never has a guide to assist them.
What is False? An epic hero usually has a guide to assist them on their journey.
300
A valuable object that has belonged to a family for several generations.
What is an heirloom?
300
How does Eurycleia come to realize Odysseus' true identity?
What is she sees the scar on his foot from his battle with a wild boar?
300
Zeus does this to stop the battle between Odysseus and the enraged rabble of citizens of Ithaca.
What is strike down a lightning bolt at Athena's feet?
300
This group is forced to clean the great hall after the battle, and then Telemachos has them all hung.
Who are Odysseus' unfaithful maids?
300
An example of this specific criteria for being an epic hero is: Odysseus and his men travel to visit Teresias, the blind prophet, in Hades' world. (Provide the criteria of an epic hero that this lines up to).
What is descends into darkness (often the underworld)?
400
A stick or spindle onto which wool or flax is wound for spinning.
What is a distaff?
400
After Odysseus reunites with Penelope, he tells her there is something he must do and that when he sets off on this journey, she should stay home with the maids and not go outside.
What is perform the final task outlined by Teresias where he travels the country trying to find men who do not know of the ocean and make a sacrifice so the gods will allow him to live peacefully ever after?
400
At the battle between Odysseus and the citizens of Ithaca, Athena shows up disguised as this person.
Who is Mentor?
400
After the lead suitor is killed, this suitor tries to tell Odysseus not to kill the rest and offers that the suitors will atone for their sins and pay Odysseus back for what they have taken. Odysseus does not accept his plea and kills him with an arrow to the chest.
Who is Eurymachos?
400
These are two of the demons or monsters that Odysseus battles in The Odyssey. Provide two examples.
Who are Cyclops, Scylla, Charybdis among others?
500
To suffer death, typically in a violent, sudden, or untimely way.
What is perish?
500
I am Odysseus' father who has grown old over the years since my son left. I believe my son to be long since dead at sea.
Who is Laertes?
500
This god came to "summon the souls of the dead men" to the underworld following the battle in the great hall.
Who is Hermes?
500
I am the father of the lead suitor whom Odysseus murdered in the hall. I have an organized a rabble of countrymen from Ithaca to attack Odysseus, however, he kills me by casting a long spear right through my bronze helmet.
Who is Eupeithes?
500
This is a character that tempts the epic hero in The Odyssey, Odysseus.
Who are the sirens, Circe, or Calypso?
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