Characters
Odysseus's son
Who is Telemachus?
The god and enemy of Odysseus for whose son he blinded.
Who is Poseidon?
The number of years Odysseus was away from his family & home
What is twenty?
A long narrative poem about a national hero
What is an epic?
Author of "The Odyssey"
Who is Homer?
The ringleader & bad boy of the suitors
Who is Antinous?
Where Odysseus visits Tiresius, the blind prophet.
What is Hades (Underworld)?
Athena disguises Odysseus as this when he returns to Ithaca
What is a beggar?
An identifying word or a phrase used consistently throughout an epic to describe a person/object
What is an epithet?
What is the Trojan War?
The Cyclops blinded by Odysseus
Who is Polyphemus?
The number of heads Scylla has
Pretending to weave this, Penelope stalls the suitors from marriage
What is a burial shroud?
An extended simile in which the comparison runs through several lines.
What is an epic simile?
Traveling poets
What are RHAPSODES?
Turns Odysseus' men into pigs
Who is Circe?
These characters sing songs that lure sailors to their deaths
What are sirens?
Number of axe heads that must be shot through with Odysseus' great bow
What is twelve?
Helios' cattle, representing temptation, is an example of this literary device.
What is symbolism?
deities called on for inspiration in creation
What are muses?
Who is Elpenor?
Temptation after leaving Aeolia that sends them backwards on their course
What is a bag of wind?
Piece of furniture that holds a secret and allows Penelope to know Odysseus is really who he says he is.
What is a bed?
Another name for an epic simile
What is a Homeric Simile?
Odysseus' loyal swineherd and friend
Who is Eumaeus?