Monsters
Gods
Oh, Odysseus
Vocabulary/Literary Terms
Which way to Ithaca?
100
Witch goddess that lives on the island of Aeaea
Who is Circe?
100
The goddess that always looks out for her boy, Odysseus
Who is Athena?
100
After eating these fruits, Odysseus' men no longer wish to go home
What are the lotus flowers?
100

Back then, the author of the Iliad AND the Odyssey. Today, Bart and Lisa's dad.

Who is Homer?

100
The cyclops has a flock of

What are sheep?

200

The most beautiful goddess of all who kept Odysseus chained up for 7 years

Who is Calypso?

200

This wing-shoed god delivers the message to Calypso that she should let Odysseus go home

Who is Hermes

200

This is Odysseus' other name, at least for a little while

Who is Nobody?

200

Incredulity is a state of

What is an unbelieving?

200
Aeolus fills Odysseus' bag with this
What is wind?
300
Maidens with beautiful singing voices and cause men to steer their ships off course
Who are Sirens?
300
The god of the underworld
Who is Hades?
300
For how long is Odysseus away from home?
What is 20 years?
300

This Greek word means hospitality

What is Xenia?

300
These two people provide Odysseus with prophecies that tell his future
Who are Tieresias and Circe?
400
Poseidon's son
Who is Cyclops?
400
This god is out to get Odysseus to avenge his son's injury
Who is Poseidon?
400

The city that took in a fake horse.

Who are the Trojans?

400

The author uses this extended device to compare two unlike things, and help us remember characters' identity.

What is a Homeric simile?

400
What does Teiresias have in common with author, Homer?
What is they are blind?
500
A giant whirlpool/maelstrom
Who is Charybdis?
500

This god-- whose golden cattle are quite delicious- hears and sees everything

Who is Helios?

500
This is Odysseus' son who waits at home in Ithaca for his return
Who is Telemachus?
500
A long poem, typically derived from oral tradition
What is an epic?
500

Which two final tests must Odysseus pass after he lands on Ithaca? 

What are 1. String the bow and shoot it through 10 axe handles 2. Throw out his marriage bed/prove he has inside knowledge that it's actually a tree.

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