Epic Conventions/ Literary Devices
A comparison between two unalike things that lasts for several lines
epic simile
The reason Odysseus is cursed on his journey
Blinding Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon
The father of Odysseus
Laertes
The ruler of all gods and goddesses
Zeus
Circe turns men into pigs or Circe gives some good advice?
Circe turns men into pigs
A brief descriptive phrase used to describe a person or a thing
epithet
The reason Odysseus must visit the Land of the Dead
To hear a prophecy from the blind prophet Tiresias
The son of Odysseus
Telemachus
God of sea, earthquakes, and horses
Poseidon
The Lotus Eaters or the Cyclops?
The Lotus Eaters
situations, characters, and settings that are recognizable in many times and cultures
archetypes
Why Odysseus and his men do not land on Ithaca when they see it in the distance
His men open the bag of stormy winds thinking it is gold and silver, it sends them back to the island of the wind king
the loyal swineherd of Odysseus
Eumaeus
A sea nymph who lives on the island of Ogygia
Calypso
The Sirens or the Land of the Dead?
The Land of the Dead
Odysseus' flaw/ a Greek word for excessive pride
hubris
How Penelope tests Odysseus
By telling her servant woman to move their bed, which is actually incapable of being moved, and only the true Odysseus would know this
Drunk guy that fell off a roof and died
Elpenor
The goddess of war and wisdom
Athena
Odysseus hangs out with Circe or Odysseus hangs out with Calypso?
Circe
an indirect reference to something well known
allusion
How the Laestrygones destroy Odysseus' fleet.
By throwing boulders at the ship
An old loyal female servant to Odysseus
Eurycleia
Don't eat his cows!!
Helios
King Aeolus or King Alcinous?
King Aeolus