Enemies
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Odyssey Context
Vocabulary
The Journey Home
100
The group of people who fight over the hand of Odysseus's wife, Penelope
Who are the Suitors?
100
The goddess who sends Odysseus to the Land of the Dead.
Who is Circe?
100
The person who wrote "The Odyssey".
Who is Homer?
100
Noisy festivities with alcohol.
What is the Revelry?
100
The length of time of Odysseus' quest to get home
What is 20 years?
200
The beast Odysseus thinks he can defeat, but that Circe says it cannot be killed.
Who is Scylla?
200
Goddess that disguised Odysseus as a beggar.
Who is Athena?
200
A long poem about a hero on his/her long journey.
What is an epic?
200
To take control of by force
What is the Commandeer?
200
People that lived on the island which was Odysseus' last stop before returning to Ithaca
Who are the Phaeacians?
300
The monster that swallows the ocean.
Who is Charybdis?
300
He was a swineherd's who Odysseus visits to tell his adventures and problems to.
Who is Eumaeus?
300
The war that begins before "The Odyssey".
What is The Trojan War?
300
Repayment
What is Restitution?
300
Giants that pelted rocks at Odysseus' ships
Who were the Laestrygonians?
400
The Cyclops that Odysseus stabs in the eye and blinds
Who is Polyphemus?
400
The son of Odysseus that will help him fight the suitors
Who is Telemachus?
400
Homeland of Odysseus
What is Ithaca?
400
Clumsy in a bulky way
What is Ponderous?
400
Odysseus first returned home what was he disguised as this
What is a beggar?
500
The suitor that was the most abusive to Odysseus's wife and home and also planned to kill Telemachus.
Who is Antinous?
500
King who gave Odysseus the bags of winds.
Who is Aeolus?
500
Guest to host relationship
What is the theme?
500
Shaky or shy
What is Tremulous?
500
Penelope ran this test on the suitors and Odysseus to find out if it was truly him
What is an archery tournament?
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