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 who disguises herself as Mentes, Telemachus, and Mentor

Who is Athena?

100
After eating these fruits, Odysseus' men no longer wish to go home
What are the lotus flowers?
100

The definition of a metaphor

What is a comparison between two things that doesn't use like or as?

100

The monster with 6 heads and 12 legs

Who are Scylla?

200

The beautiful goddess of all who kept Odysseus for 7 years

Who is Calypso?

200
Delivers the message to Calypso that she should let Odysseus go home
Who is Hermes
200

This is one of Odysseus's disloyal crew members who encourages the men to eat the cattle of Helios

Who is Eurylochus?

200
This is a descriptive device that is used in place of a noun
What is an epithet?
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

The length of time that Odysseus is on Circe's island

What is 1 year?

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 Polyphemus?

400

The god who crashed the Phaeacian ship after they sailed Odysseus home

Who is Poseidon?

400

The people that Odysseus' men plunder immediately after leaving Troy 

Who are the Cicones?

400
Homer uses this extended device to compare two unlike things
What is a Homeric simile?
400

What does Odyssseus have in common with author, Homer?

What is they both tell tales of heros?

500

A giant whirlpool who swallows the water three times a day

Who is Charybdis?

500
God with the epithet "who marshals the thunderhead"

Who is Zeus?

500

The king who gives Odysseus a bag of wind

Who is Aeolus?

500

A poem that has such components as 12 or 24 books and starts in the middle of things

What is an epic?

500

What are three important Greek values we have observed in The Odyssey?

What are courage, loyalty and hospitality?

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