Greek Roots
Gods and goddesses
Odyssey Vocabulary
Characters
Plot points
100
The Greek root "derm"
What is skin?
100
Head God
Who is Zeus?
100
be sufficient
What is suffice ?
100
One eyed son of Posideon
Who is Polephemus?
100
Eat their food, and you never want to go home....!
Who are the Lotus Eaters
200
The Greek root "tachy"
What is fast?
200
Goddess of love who gets the "Golden Apple" from Paris
Who is Aphrodite?
200
Engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making
What is carouse?
200
Six heads, lots of teeth, fishes men off boats
Who is Scylla
200
Don't listen to their song!!
Who are the Sirens?
300
The Greek root "soph"?
What is wise?
300
Sent to tell Kalypso to let Odysseus go.
Who is Hermes?
300
a cruel and brutal fellow
What is ruffian?
300
Swirling whirlpool
What is Charybdis
300
The potion she gives turns men into swine!
Who is Circe?
400
The Greek root "olig"
What is few?
400
Married to the God of the Underworld
Who is Persephone?
400
harsh or loud noise
What is brazen?
400
The blind prophet who warns Odysseus
Who is Tiresias?
400
Whatever you do, don't eat the cows.
What is Teiresias' advice
500
The Greek root "xen"
What is foreign?
500
Married to Aphrodite; God who forges swords
Who is Hephestus?
500
capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner, sober
What is lucid?
500
Fell off the roof - broke his neck.
Who is Elpenor?
500
At the beginning of the Odyssey, the Goddesss______ tells the prince of Ithaka: "You cannot go on clinging to your childhood; you are not of an age to do that."
What is Athene's advice to Telemachos - GROW UP!!
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