Epic
Monsters/Adventures
gods/goddesses
Returning Home
Suitors
100
Define an epic
What is a long, narrative poem
100
Giant Whirlpool
What is Charybdis
100
King of the Gods
Who is Zeus
100
This is how long Odysseus has been away
What is 20 years
100
This many men have come to Odysseus' home
What is more than 100
200
This is the man responsible for writing The Odyssey
Who is Homer
200
Name of the cyclops
What is Polyphemus
200
wisdom
Who is Athena
200
Upon first arriving, Odysseus goes to the house of
Who is Eumaeus, the swineherd
200
The task Penelope challenges them with to determine who she will marry
What is whoever can string Odysseus' bow
300
This epic came before The Odyssey
What is The Iliad
300
On the island of the sun god, this causes Odysseus' men to disobey his orders
What is they were hungry
300
Messenger god
Who is Hermes
300
Who is Argos and what happens after he sees Odysseus
What is his dog and he dies
300
The plan Odysseus creates to rid the palace of these men
What is lock them in, take away all weapons, kill them all
400
This compares heroic events to simple and easily understandable everyday events
What is an epic simile
400
This is why Odysseus' men were not tempted by the Siren's song.
What is they had wax in their ears
400
god who hates Odysseus
Who is Poseidon
400
This is why nobody recognized Odysseus
What is Athena changed his appearance and made him look like a beggar
400
They clean up all the dead men in the hall
Who are the maids who betrayed Odysseus
500
Odysseus is an example of one
What is an epic hero
500
The lotus flower has what effect on men
What is they lose all desire to return home
500
sun god
Who is Helios
500
How does Odysseus respond when Penelope tells her servant to move the bed
What is he becomes angry with her
500
The leader of the group, the one Odysseus kills first
Who is Antinous
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