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Vocabulary
Epithets
Epic Similes
Epic at a Glance
About the Characters
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What does the word 'harried' mean?
What is - tormented; harassed
100
When Odysseus announced or rather boasted that he was “Raider of Cities” who was he talking to?
Who is - Polythemus
100
What is this comparing: A gull patrolling between the wave crests of the desolate sea, will dip to catch a fish, and douse his wings, no higher above the whitecaps Hermes flew until the distant island lay ahead.
What is - a gull and Hermes and how they fly.
100
An Epic Plot involves what?
What is - a long journey full of complications.
100
What was the fake name that Odysseus gave Polythemus?
What is - Nohbdy
200
What does the word 'adversary' mean?
What is - an opponent; enemy
200
“When the young Dawn with the finger tips of rose came east, I called men together and made a speech to them:” Q. What is the Epithet?
What is - young Dawn
200
What is - He was blinding Polythemus with a hot spikeplunged and wrung in a cold tub, screeching steam - the way they make soft iron hale and hard - just do that eyeball hissed around the spike." What was Odysseus doing to Polythemus during this epic simile?
What is - He was blinding Polythemus with a hot spike.
200
Out of two things, what is could an Epic Setting be?
What is - an fantastic or exotic land and/or involves one or more than one nation.
200
What was Tiresias’s prophecy to Odysseus?
What is - He predicted if Odysseus and his crew stole Lord Helios’s beeves then they would never see home again.
300
What does the word 'mustered' mean?
What is - assembled; gathered
300
"strategist Odysseus" What made him a strategist?
What is - he was talking to Calypso in a way as to not anger her.
300
"None would attack - oh, it was strange, I tell you - but switching their long tails they faced our men like hounds, who look up when their master comes with tid-bits from them - as he will - from table." What were the two animals being compared in this simile?
What is - Wolves and Lions
300
Name just two things that Archetypes are made up of?
What is - Characters, situations, and images. Sea monsters. Buried treasure. Epic hero. Wicked temptress. Suitors contest. Loyal servant. Would all be acceptable answers.
300
Who was Telemachus?
What is - Odysseus’s Son
400
What does the word 'profusion' mean?
What is - abundance
400
Who is Circe?
What is - a Witch that turned his men into pigs and warned him about the sirens.
400
"I leaned on it turning it as a shipwright turns a drill in planking, having below to swing, the two handles strap that spins in the groove." What was the motion of the spike?
What is - turning in a drill like manner.
400
What is - a homecoming, loyalty, the fate of a nation, beauty, life and death.
An Epic Theme reflects what?
400
What was the Muse credited with and who was her father?
What is - divine inspiration/Zeus
500
What does the word 'stern' (n) mean?
What is - the rear end of a ship.
500
What is - the wine that Odysseus used to drunken Polythemus. "Euthan's son, Maron" What was Maron's gift to Odysseus and his men?
What is - the wine that Odysseus used to drunken Polythemus.
500
At the sight of the man panting and dyeing there, she slips down to enfold him, crying out then feels the spears prodding her back and shoulders, and goes bound into slavery and grief. Pitcous weeping wears away her cheeks. Who was this epic simile being compared to?
Who is - Odysseus
500
What is one thing that makes up an Epic Hero?
What is - Possesses strength, craftiness, and confidence. Helped and harmed by interfering gods. Embodies ideals and values that a culture considers admirable. Emerges victorious from perilous situation.
500
What did Scylla do to Odysseus’s crew?
What is - she ate them