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100

What happened to the men after they ate the lotus flower

What is they didn’t want to leave the island. They had to be tied to the shipboards in order to leave.



100

Cyclops is the son of

What is Poseidon
100

Name of the 6 headed monster

What is Scylla

100

Comparison over multiple lines that describes a character in great detail. does not use like or as.

What is epic metaphor

100

Name of Odysseus’ Father

Laertes

200

The three people Odysseus speaks to at the land of the dead

What is mom, crew member named Elpinor, Teresias, who gave him the prophecy. 

200

What is the god Hermes known for

 What is The messenger god, tells Calypso to release Odysseus. Gives him Moly

200

How did Polyphemus learn the name of the person who blinded him? 

What is Odysseus yelled out his name to the Cyclops while leaving in order to preserve his honor; Polyphemus talked to his dad and cursed Odysseus. 

200

 Comparison over multiple lines that describes a character in great detail. Use like or as

What is epic simile

200

Where Calypso lived

What is Ogygia

300

What Odysseus men were turned into by Circe

what are pigs

300

Why Odysseus and his men stayed so long on Circe’s island

What is she put them under a spell and then turned them into pigs.

300

How Odysseus and his men escaped from the Cyclops

What is got him drunk on brandy, blinded him, rode out on sheep. 

300

Describes someone like the qualities in a character.

What is an epithet

300

Why Odysseus is a hero

he went on a journey, proved bravery when handling obstacles and helped with battle of Troy.

400

How many ships Odysseus and his men left after the Trojan War

What is 12

400

What of Helio’s should Odysseus not kill

What is Cattle, because of this, Zeus sent down a lightning bolt that sank the ship and killed all of the crew except Odysseus. 

400

The monster that makes dangerous whirlpools and is personified as a female goddess.

Who is Charybdis

400

What is this considered? Neither reply nor pity came from him, but in one stride he clutched at my companions and caught two in his hands like squirming puppies to beat their brains out, spattering the floor.

What is epic simile

400

The war Helen of Argos caused

What is Trojan War

500

how long did Odysseus and his men stay on Calypso island

What is 7 years

500

Where Zeus lives

What is Olympus

500

There are 4 female characters so far. Name two. 

What are Athena, Circe, Calypso, Charybdis

500

This is an example of a what? Her legs and there are twelve are like great tentacles, unjointed, and upon her serpent necks are borne six heads like nightmares of ferocity, with triple serried rows of fangs and deep gullets of black death. Half her length, she sways her heads in air, outside her horrid cleft,

What is an epithet

500

What way did they originally share the story of Odysseus

What is orally