The Odyssey
This woman, an early critic of gender roles, lashes out at the swift-footed Olympian messenger. (Bonus points if you can guess who the swift-footed Olympian messenger is!)
Calypso (and Hermes!)
What was Daniel Wilkinson's original name?
Deming Guo
At the start of the play, which character locks themselves in an "artificial night"?
Romeo
"Juliet is the sun" is an example of what literary device
Metaphor
With your eyes closed, recite the alphabet as a team without repeating letters. If you repeat, start over! Must be completed in 30 seconds.
A B C D
What are amphorae?
Tall Greek/Roman jars.
What is the name of Daniel's former best friend and bandmate?
Roland Fuentes
Fill in the blank: That which we call ___________ by any other name would smell as sweet.
a rose
What is hubris?
A common tragic or fatal flaw in literary characters that often leads a character to disregard a divine warning or violate an important moral law
Oh what will they choose?
Killed by his wife and her lover, this character had one piece of ominous (or sexist) advice to give to Odysseus
Agamemnon
Everything comes back to this Chinese city
Fuzhou
Shakespeare's sonnets are written in this meter....
Iambic pentameter
Identify the literary device: "Poseidon, roused a huge and dreadful wave that arched above his head; he hurled it at him. As when a fierce wind ruffles up a heap of dry wheat chaff; it scatters here and there; so were the raft's long timbers flung apart."
Epic simile!
Choose two group members to plank for 30 seconds. If you fall, no points!
"Calypso brought a gimlet and he drilled through every plank and fitted them together, fixing it firm with pegs and fastenings."
When Odysseus enters the court at Scheria, he throws himself at the mercy of who?
Arete!
Peter and Kay Wilkinson worked at this institution
Carlough College
Why does Romeo agree to go to the party?
So he can see Rosaline
Name a foil for Telemachus.
Odysseus! Antinous! etc!
Team hops for 30 seconds.
Hop little bunnies, hop hop hop.
This man was shot through the liver.
Eurymachus
Deming borrowed money from this friend and struggled to pay them back
Angel Hennings
The Nurse describes Paris as "a man of _________"
WAX 🕯️
What is an allusion?
When an author makes an indirect reference to a figure, place, event, or idea originating from outside the text
Mime scrambling an egg from start to finish.
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