Show:
Minor Myths
Iliad
Odyssey
Themes
Hodge Podge
100
His father built him wings of wax, but he flew to close to the Sun and they melted
Who is Icarus
100
The First Tragic Hero - He killed Hector
Who is Acchilles
100
The type of one-eyed monster that ate Odysseus men
What is Cyclops
100
The purpose of the Odyssey
What is Getting home to Ithaca
100
What Circe turned Odysseus' men into, though she couldn't do him because of his magic
What are pigs?
200
Opened a box which released all the evil into the world
Who is Pandora
200
The most humble character in the Iliad, kissing the hands of his son's killer
Who is Priam
200
The monsters that look like beautiful women, singing so that sailors come to them and are then destroyed.
What are Sirens?
200
The theme that shows the difference between Hector's and Achilles' reasons for fighting __________ vs. ___________
What is Honor vs. Dishonor
200
They won the Trojan War
Who are the Greeks
300
What the gods left at the bottom of the box to off-set all the evil
What is Hope
300
Threw an apple for the most beautiful goddess - goddess of discord
Who is Eres
300
Athena disguised Odysseus as this when he returned to his home of Ithaca
What is an Old Man?
300
What Agamemnon lacks
What is "Filial Love"
300
What Odysseus told the Cyclops his name was
What is "Nohbdy"?
400
This is the theme of the Icarus story
What is you shouldn't try to accomplish too much or rise too high, obey those over you
400
Tried to convince Trojans the horse was evil - He and His sons killed by Snakes that Poseidon sent
Who is Laocoon
400
The secret Odysseus new that convinced Penelope he was her husband
What is one of their bedposts was a tree?
400
The message written on the golden apple
What is "For the Fairest"
400
Committed suicide after he went mad over Achilles armor and killled the Greek livestock
Who is Ajax
500
Another theme of Icarus, the one from the painting
What is Laugh and the World laughs with you, weep and you do it alone
500
Achilles tragic flaw
What is his desire for glory
500
One of Odysseus' epiphets in The Odyssey
What is "The Old Contender" "Master Mariner" "Cunning Odysseus"
500
Omniscience and Omnipresence vs. Finiteness: _________ vs. ______________
What is Greek Gods vs. Hebrew God
500
What is the symbol of Buddhism, and what part does it play in the Odyssey?
What is the Lotus flower, and making Odysseus men forget their home when they ate it.