Plot
This group of people open the bag of wind given to Odysseus by King Aeolus
Odysseus' Men
This is the spelling for the main character of The Odyssey
O-D-Y-S-S-E-U-S
This is the 3 step process of the Hero's Journey.
Ordinary World --> Special/Supernatural World --> Return
The Odyssey is NOT told in this typical type of storytelling format.
Chronological order
This is the name for a group of ants.
What is a colony or army?
The name of the Cyclops that Odysseus encounters.
Polyphemus
Circe warns Odysseus of these two monsters that habitat areas in or near the sea.
Scylla & Charybdis
Extreme hospitality to strangers in fear that they might be gods in disguise.
This is the format the story of the Odyssey was first shared through.
Word of mouth/ storytelling
This is the most populated state in America
What is California?
Give an example of Odysseus displaying his hubris in the plot.
Answers may vary
These people eat a plant that makes them want to never leave the island they are on.
The Lotus Eaters
Deus Ex Machina
Poets or artists would often pray to these gods in order to get inspiration for the art they were going to make.
Muses
The largest eyes on the planet belong to this large, aquatic, and very hard to capture animal.
What is a giant squid?
Odysseus proves to Penelope that he is in fact her husband by doing this.
Describes the bed in their room that he carved out of an Olive tree himself.
These are the cannibals that Odysseys and his men encounter.
The Laestrygonians
Give me an example of Hamartia in the book.
Answers will vary
This is how Odysseus originally angers Poseidon before The Odyssey starts.
He wins The Trojan War but then says that he no longer needs the gods and is fine on his own.
The longest word in English is how many letters?
A. 45
B. 55
C. 65
A. 45
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Name 3 of the ghosts Oydsseus sees in the underworld who he speaks to.
His mother
Tiresias
Achilles
Agamemnon
Elpenor
Alcmene, Epicaste, Iphimedeia (Women of Underworld)
The 6-headed monster in The Odyssey was originally a young nymph that was tricked by this merman (what is his name?
Glacous
A-R-C-H-E-T-Y-P-E
The movie version of The Odyssey had Tiresias telling Odysseus "You are ______ but you are not _____". EXACT WORDS!
You are clever but you are not wise.
A. 120
B. 156
C. 118
C. 118