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Epic Poetry
100
She is the goddess who favors Odysseus because he is clever.
Who is Athena?
100
He is the King of Ithaca and is lost out at sea for ten years.
Who is Odysseus?
100
He is the one-eyed monster that Odysseus and his men had to trick to get away from.
Who is Cyclops?
100
This is the beautiful sea-nymph who was in love with Odysseus. He stayed with her for seven years.
Who is Calypso?
100
He is the author of "The Odyssey"?
Who is Homer?
200
He is the sea god who tries to keep Odysseus from getting home.
Who is Poseidon?
200
He is the king of Phaeacia who promised to get Odysseus home.
Who is King Alcinous?
200
These are the sea-nymphs whose song lures men to death. To save his men, Odysseus filled their ears with wax so they could not hear.
Who are the Sirens?
200
She is the queen of Ithaca, Odysseus' husband and mother of Telemachus.
Who is Penelope?
200
This is the first part of Homer's epic poem.
What is "The Iliad"?
300
He is the old sun god, the one before Apollo, who is angered when Odysseus' men eat his cattle.
Who is Helius?
300
He is the king of Sparta, Helen's husband, who Telemachus seeks for news of his father.
Who is King Menelaus?
300
She was the six headed sea monster next to the whirlpool.
Who is Scylla?
300
He was the old, dying dog that waited to see his master, Odysseus, one last time and then died.
Who is Argus?
300
This type of poetry is long and discusses the deeds of a hero.
What is epic poetry?
400
He is the god who sent a thunderstorm and a great lightning bolt that washed away all of Odysseus' men.
Who is Zeus?
400
He is the king of Mycenae, brother to Menelaus, and led the Greeks to Troy.
Who is King Agamemnon?
400
She was the enchantress who turns men into animals.
Who is Circe?
400
He was the bullying suitor that discovered Penelope's secret of the funeral shroud.
Who is Antinous?
400
This is the name for the adventures of Odysseus trying to get home after the Trojan War.
What is "The Odyssey"?
500
He is the messenger god who provided moly to protect Odysseus from Circe.
Who is Hermes?
500
DAILY DOUBLE!! In the myth, "Perseus and Medusa," who was the king who sent Perseus to kill Medusa?
Who is King Polydectes?
500
She was the whirlpool who tried to suck Odysseus' ship underwater, but did not succeed.
Who is Charybdis?
500
He is the Prince of Ithaca, Odysseus' son, who was only a baby when Odysseus left.
Who is Telemachus?
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!! Approximately when did Homer live?
What is 850 BC?
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