Characteristics of an Epic Hero
The hero quality that Odysseus had no say in
What is noble birth?
A long narrative poem
What is an epic poem?
Cunning and craftiness
What is guile?
Where Odysseus loses all his men
What is Cattle of the Sun God?
Greeks valued this, which made them good soldiers and quick to violence
What is warfare or conflict?
The hero quality Odysseus showed when he told the Cyclops his name was Nohbody.
What is cunning/intellectual ability?
A characterizing phrase for a person, place, or thing
What is an epithet?
Conceal under a false appearance; disguise
What is dissemble?
Polyphemus (Cyclops) does this that affects Odysseus' journey
What is beg Poseidon to curse Odysseus?
What is admiration for cunning?
The hero quality Odysseus showed when he hung about Charybdis waiting for his raft
What is physical strength?
A long comparison over many lines
What is an epic simile?
Took goods by force; looted
What is plundered?
The prophet Odysseus needed to visit in order to understand what he had to do to go home
Who was Tiresias?
The value that made Odysseus stop and mourn his men after their death by the Cicones
What is brotherhood or friendship?
The attitude or talent that helps Odysseus triumph in the bow-and-arrow challenge
What is his skills as a marksman?
Starting a story "in the middle of things"
Disdain; scorn
What is contempt?
How Odysseus shows that he is better than all the suitors
What is shoots an arrow through a dozen axeheads?
What is admiration for law, agriculture, and/or society?
The hero quality that Odysseus shows when Telemachus is talking about what he has heard about his dad
What is fame?
The literary devices unique to epic poems
What are epithets and epic similes?
Characterized by craftiness and betrayal
What is insidious?
The big challenge Odysseus and Penelope face at the very end of the story
What is their vast age difference or lost time?
The value ancient Greeks held that made them welcome strangers into their homes
What is hospitality, or xenia?