Show:
Books 13-16
Books 17-20
Books 21-24
Part 1 Vocabulary
Part 2 Vocabulary
100
Book 13 Passage: This character is speaking to Odysseus.
Who is Athena?
100
In this passage, Odysseus is talking about this suitor, who hit him with a stool.
Who is Antinoos?
100
Book 21: In this passage, Homer compares Odysseus to a musician, an example of this figure of speech.
What is epic simile?
100
It means passion or enthusiasm.
What is ardor?
100
It means to conceal with false appearances.
What is dissemble?
200
Book 13: Comparing Odysseus to a chameleon is an example of this figure of speech.
What is a metaphor?
200
Book 18 (first passage): In this passage, Homer uses Odysseus' speech to the suitors to give hints to come, a literary technique called this.
What is foreshadowing?
200
Book 22: In this passage, this suitor is talking to Odysseus.
Who is Eurymakhos?
200
It means deprived.
What is bereft?
200
It means tearfully sentimental.
What is maudlin?
300
Book 14: In this passage, this swineherd is speaking to Odyssues.
Who is Eumaios?
300
Book 18 (second passage): In this passage, this character is speaking to the suitors.
Who is Penelope?
300
Book 22: In this passage, the speaker blames this suitor for all the suitors' bad behavior.
Who is Antinoos?
300
It means finished quickly.
What is dispatched?
300
It means supple or limber.
What is lithe?
400
Book 15: In this passage, Odysseus tells Eumaios that this "kind man" took him in.
Who is Laertes?
400
Book 19: In this passage, Penelope tells this character about a trick she played on the suitors.
Who is Odysseus?
400
Book 23: In this passage, Odysseus is speaking to this character about his bed.
Who is Penelope?
400
It means characterized by treachery.
What is insidious?
400
It means staring with anger.
What is glowering?
500
Book 16: In this passage, Homer compares the cries of Odysseus and Telemakhos to a "taloned hawk," an example of this figure of speech.
What is epic simile?
500
Book 20: In this passage, Homer tells us Odysseus prayed and received this, a sign from the gods.
What is an omen?
500
Book 24: In this passage, Odysseus is speaking to this character.
Who is Laertes?
500
It means to calm or pacify.
What is assuage?
500
It means stupefying or muddling.
What is bemusing?