What is the name of the creatures that sing alluring songs that lead sailors to their doom?
Who are the Sirens?
100
This is what the lotus does to those who eat it.
It makes them forget their homecoming and want to lay around and do nothing.
100
The god of the wind.
Who is Aeolus?
100
What does Circe do to Odysseus' men?
Changes them into pigs.
200
The wife of Odysseus.
Who is Penelope
200
The name of the cyclops who eats some of Odysseus' men.
Who is Polyphemus?
200
Give three common characteristics of an epic hero.
Heroic quest, notable talents, magical helpers, metaphorical death and resurrection
200
The goddess who helps Odysseus and Telemachus throughout the story.
Who is Athena?
200
Who is the nymph that Odysseus stays with for 7 years?
Calypso.
300
The son of Odysseus.
Who is Telemachus.
300
A six headed monster who plucks up some of Odysseus men.
Who is Scylla?
300
This person composed the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
300
The god who destroys Odysseus ship and kills the rest of his men.
Who is Zeus?
300
What does Calypso offer Odysseus? How does he respond? (Must get both parts)
To make him immortal. He says he would rather grow old with his wife.
400
The blind prophet that they speak to in the land of the dead.
Who is Tiresias?
400
A giant whirlpool that can devour ships whole.
What is Charybdis?
400
What moral belief did the Greeks have that Odysseus' men in the Land of the Cicones, Polyphemus, Elpenor, the suitors, and even the Trojans violate?
What are examples of temperance or moderation being violated?
400
Who is the god of the sea and why does he want to stop Odysseus? (Must answer both parts).
Poseidon, they blinded his son.
400
Throughout the Odyssey, we see that the Greeks valued this trait very much. Polyphemus lacked it, and the suitors take advantage of it, while the Phaecians, who took Odysseus home, embodied it.
What is hospitality?
500
The name of the crew member who falls off the roof, breaks his neck and while in the land of the dead, asks Odysseus to give him a funeral.
Who is Elpenor?
500
Giant cannibals that attack and eat Odysseus men. They destroy all of his ships but one.
Who are the Laestrygonians?
500
This is the Latin term for the technique The Odyssey uses, since it begins in the middle.
Medias Res
500
The name of the god who complains because his livestock is mistreated by Odysseus' men.
Helios.
500
How did audiences experience The Odyssey?
They listened to it as it was told orally over a period of several days.