ODYSSEY CHARACTERS
Odysseus' main quality that qualifies him as an epic hero
What is cunning?
Item that has the ability to make Odysseus' men forget about going home to Ithaca
What is the lotus flower?
Excessive pride
What is hubris?
inflict harm in return for (an injury or wrong done to oneself or another)
Logic
What is logos?
Creatures who sing magical songs luring sailors to their deaths
The reason Odysseus and his men must blind the cyclops rather than kill him immediately
What is a boulder blocking the cave entrance?
Synonym for cunning/clever
What is guile?
Emotion/Feelings
What is pathos?
The fake name that Odysseus gives to the cyclops
What is nohbody?
Substance used by Odysseus' men to get by the sirens safely
What is beeswax?
an action or strategy carefully planned to achieve a specific end
Someone who predicts the future/Tiresias
What is a prophet?
Character/Experience/Background
The father of the cyclops that Odysseus and his men encounter
Who is Poseidon?
The Odyssey begins with an invocation to the muse, followed by...
What is in media res?
A person who has escaped from a place or is hiding
What is a fugitive?
What is the muse?
The rhetorical appeal used by Odysseus when he tells his men to remember home and their families
What is pathos?
Name of cyclops encountered by Odysseus and his crew
Who is Polyphemus?
The book in which Odysseus loses all of his remaining men
What is "The Cattle of the Sun God"?
Careless or unwise decision-making without proper consideration or caution
What is rash?
Do not under any circumstances incur the wrath of...
Who are the gods?
Odysseus reminding his men that he's brought them through challenges and rough events before without any issues
What is ethos?