Plot
Odysseus' men are turned into this animal at Circe's hall
What is pigs?
The goddess who fights for and helps support Odysseus's return home
Who is Athena?
The character who develops a competition to determine which suitor will be wed
Who is Penelope?
The blind, ancient Greek poet believed to have authored The Odyssey
Who is Homer?
The concept of Greek hospitality
What is Xenia?
In order to gain access to the underworld Odysseus must do this thing
What is perform a sacrifice/make an offering?
The god who is responsible for hindering Odysseus's voyage home
Who is Poseidon?
The who people who are still loyal to their lost king Odysseus, and who help him in the battle against the suitors
Swineherd & Cowherd
The story that comes before The Odyssey, in which Odysseus is the mastermind of the Trojan Horse
What is The Iliad?
A detailed comparison which uses "like" or "as" and which spans multiple lines of poetry
What is an Epic Simile?
How Odysseus protects himself from being lured by the sirens' song
What is being tied to the mast of the ship?
The god who possess cattle which Odysseus has been advised not to slaughter.
Who is Helios?
The leader of the suitors and the first suitor killed by Odysseus
Who is Antinous?
An ancient story explaining things that were not understood
What is myth?
Excessive pride or confidence, often leading to a character's downfall
What is hubris?
The weapon which is used to blind the cyclops is made out of this object
What is an olive tree branch?
The specific cyclops who Odysseus blinds
Who is Polyphemus?
Another name for the Greeks
What is the Acheans?
An old story about famous people, in which the people are real but the plot often is not
What is legend?
A descriptive word or phrase that accompanies a person's name
What is Epithet?
Odysseus' location at the beginning of Book 1
What is Calypso's island?
The two monsters who inhabit the area through which Odysseus and his men pass after having encountered the Sirens
Who are Scylla and Charybdis?
The person who Athena appears to Telemachus as
Who is Mentes?
The Odyssey is this type of traditional story in part because it has its roots within oral tradition
What is folktale?
The Odyssey starts this way, "in the middle" of the narrative