Definitions
the ancient Greek concept of hospitality
xenia
faithful wife of Odysseus
Penelope
Trump's refugee policies were represented as __________ in the article that we read
xenophobic
god of the sea
Poseidon
"I am Nobody"
Odysseus
prejudice or discrimination against individuals with a darker skin tone, typically among people of the same ethnic or racial group
colorism
child chess champion
Waverly Jong
this poem is based on an encounter that Odysseus and his men have which causes them to forget
The Lotos-Eaters
excessive pride or self-confidence, often a tragic flaw
hubris
the type of pendant that Suyuan gives to Jing-Mei
jade
an adjective or descriptive phrase which expresses a characteristic of the person or thing mentioned
epithet
sister of the narrator of (parts of) The Bluest Eye
Frieda MacTeer
this painting represents a meeting between a hero and a princess
Odysseus and Nausicaa
this person warned his son not to fly too close to the sun
Daedalus
Lorain, Ohio
a detailed comparison in the form of a simile that is many lines in length
Homeric simile
she turned Odysseus's men into pigs
Circe
this experiment tested racial perceptions in children
The Clarks' doll test
she challenged Athena to a weaving contest
Arachne
the nymph with the lovely braids
Calypso
when a narrative begins in the middle of the plot
in medias res
she abandoned her children by the side of the road
Suyuan Woo
this novel by James Joyce is based on The Odyssey
Ulysses
this person's punishment was to roll a boulder up a mountain for all of eternity
Sisyphus
this character disagreed with Odysseus on Circe's island
Eurylochus