Who said it?
"No, you fool! Your mind is still obsessed with deeds of war. But now you must surrender to the gods."
Circe (12:115)
This suitor is the first to be killed by Odysseus
Antinous
Athena disguises herself as this figure when visiting Telemachus
Mentes
The spear that Odysseus blinds Polyphemus with is made from this type of wood
olive
This concept refers to when a story begins in the middle, rather than the beginning
media res
"You must not stick to childhood; you are no longer just a little boy. You surely heard how everybody praised Orestes when he killed the man who killed his famous father?"
Athena (1:296)
This singer is spared by Odysseus
Phemius
Halitherses interprets this sign from Zeus that Odysseus will destroy all the suitors
Two eagles swooping down and ripping at each man's face with thier talons
Penelope insists on weaving this item for Odysseus' father, Laertes, before marrying one of the suitor
funeral shroud
The storyteller of the Odysseus invokes this deity (god) for inspiration when telling the story.
A Muse
"Remember what the Cyclops did? Our friends went to his home with this rash lord of ours. Because of his bad choice, they all died."
Eurylochus (10:436)
This (human) person is the second to recognize Odysseus after he returns to Ithaca
Eurycleia/Eurynome
The gods send these signs after Odysseus' men butcher the sun cattle (before Zeus destroys them all)
"the hides began to twitch, the meat on skewers started mooing...there was the sound of cattle lowing" (12:392)
DAILY DOUBLE
Decide how many of your points you would like to wager on the next question. If you get it right, you earn those points. If you're wrong, you lose those points.Odysseus received his scar while hunting this animal
This Ancient Greek concept refers to homecoming
nostos
"You order me to fear the gods! My people think nothing of Zeus with his big scepter, nor any god; our strength is more than theirs"
Polyphemus (9:274)
This sailor of Odysseus' drunkenly falls from his bunk while on the island of Circe, killing himself
Elpenor
Posideon returns from this nation when he sees Odysseus on his raft and sends a storm
This epithet is used to describe Athena
Odysseus boasts to the Cyclops that it was he who blinded him in order to receive this
kleos
"Wait girls! Why are you running from this man? Do you believe he is an enemy? No living person ever born would come to our land with a hostile mind sice we are much beloved by the gods."
Nausicaa
This prophet warns Odysseus and his men against eating the sun cattle
Tiresias
Hermes provides Odysseus with this substance, preventing him being being affected by Circe's magic
moly
This Homeric simile is used to describe the moment when Odysseus strings his bow
A muscian stringing a lyre
His men being killed by Scylla (12:258)