Characters
King of Ithaca. Leader of the sailors. He is often proud and impulsive.
Who is Odysseus.
Odysseus and his crew are traveling home from a war in this ancient city. The war was won by using a large wooden horse to deceive its' citizens.
What is Troy
One-eyed giant.
Who is Polyphemus (The Cyclops).
During the Invocation to the Muse, Homer describes the crew's decision to eat the cows as an example of what sort of behavior?
What is Recklessness.
The Odyssey is an example of this.
What is Epic Poetry.
Seawitch
Who is Circe
Cyclops' home.
What is a cave.
Goddess who loved Odysseus.
Who is Calypso.
First person to warn them about the cows.
Circe
To get even with someone.
What is avenge.
Blind Prophet
Tiresias
Odysseus and his crew are trying to return to their home on the island of.
What is Ithaca.
Seamonster
Who is Scylla
Owner of the cows.
Who is Helios.
People who are fleeing from someone or something.
Who are fugitives.
Who is Elpenor.
Tiresias and Elpenor inhabit this land.
What is The land of the Dead.
Thrower of Lightning Bolts
Who is Zeus
Number of times they've been warned not to eat the cows.
What is three.
Greek practice of hospitality.
What is xenia.
Family member that Odysseus sees in the Land of the Dead.
Who is his mother.
Home of the Lotus Eaters.
What is an Island.
Father of Polyphemus
Who is Poseidon
Crewman who convinces everyone to eat the cows.
Who is Eurylochus.
Prediction of future events.
What is a prophecy.