Mt. Olympus
Characters
Figurative Language
Monsters
Epic!
100
The chief ruler of the gods.
What is Zeus?
100
Odysseus' wife
Who is Penelope?
100
Define simile
What is a comparison between two unlike things using like or as?
100
One eyed monster (including name.)
Who is Polyphemus the cyclops?
100
After eating the Lotus flower, the men wanted to...
What is stay and forget home?
200
The god who most punishes Odysseus.
Who is Poseidon?
200
Odysseus' father whose shroud Penelope is weaving.
Who is Laertes?
200
Define epic simile.
What is an extended comparison of two actions or objects, one that is epic and one that is commonplace?
200
The six headed sea monster to whom Odysseus loses six men.
Who is Scylla?
200
The author of The Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
300
The goddess who helps Odysseus most.
Who is Athena?
300
Odysseus' son who searches for him.
Who is Telemachus?
300
Another word for "epic simile."
What is "homeric simile?"
300
The enchantress who turned Odysseus' men to pigs.
Who is Circe?
300
Aeolus helps Odysseus by...
What is giving him a bag of bad winds so his journey would be smooth.
400
The god who was sent to free Odysseus from Calypso.
Who is Hermes?
400
The swineherd who is a faithful servant to Odysseus.
Who is Eumaeus?
400
A phrase describing a quality of a person.
What is epithet? (earth shaker, grey eyed goddess, faithful Penelope)
400
The underwater monster that causes whirlpools.
What is Charybdis?
400
Antinous had offended Odysseus by ______________, which resulted in his death.
What is being a poor guest and insulting Odysseus in his own home?
500
The sun god whose cattle were consumed by Odysseus' men/
Who is Helios?
500
The name of the cow herd who is faithful to Odysseus.
Who is Philoeteus?
500
A Latin term that means "in the midst of" or "in the middle of things."
What is in media res?
500
Man eating giants (not cyclops).
What are the Laestrygonians?
500
Odysseus must do this when he returns home to appease the gods.
What is travel inland and make sacrifices of animals. Then return home and make more sacrifices. (100 cattle)
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