Literary Terms
The Test of the Great Bow
The Beggar and the Faithful Dog
Cattle of the Sun God/ Coming Home
Death at the Palace/
Odysseus and Penelope
100
..tears ran down his cheeks...
What is Personification?
100
The Test of the Great Bow was performed for this reason
What is to show that he is the one to marry Penelope?
100
This was the name of the faithful dog
Who is Argos?
100
He is the god of the sun
Who is Helios?
100
This goddess supported Odysseus while he slayed the suitors
Who is Athena?
200
...stampeded like stung cattle...
What is a simile?
200
Place where Odysseus left his Great Bow
Where is Ithaca?
200
The seer that told Penelope that Odysseus was on the island
Who is Theoclymenus?
200
This man made a plan to kill the cattle
Who is Eurylochus?
200
This type of bird came and killed the suitors
What are falcons?
300
Polythemus asks a ram, "Where is nohbody"
What is Verbal Irony?
300
This person was able to defeat Odysseus at the test
Who is no one?
300
This man threw a foot stool at the beggar
Who is Antinous?
300
Odysseus returned home in this
What is a magically swift raft from Phaecia?
300
Odysseus described this in detail proving that he really was Odysseus
What is his bed?
400
Her heart is iron in her breast
What is a metaphor?
400
Only Odysseus could perform the test asked by this person
Who is Penelope?
400
He was a bully that nearly fought Odysseus on his way to town
Who is Melanthius?
400
Odysseus was dressed this way when he returned to Ithaca
What is an old man?
400
Penelope didn't trust Odysseus because she thought he was this
What is a god/imposter?
500
...and cries burst forth from both as keen and fluttering as those of the great taloned hawk...
What is a simile?
500
The heir to Odysseus throne
Who is Telemachus?
500
Odysseus was acompanied through the streets by this man
Who is Eumaeus?
500
Helios would do this if Odyessues's men weren't punished
What is he would light the Underworld?
500
This sign made the suitors flee faster
What is Athena's shield?
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