Vocabulary!
Who's that character?
That's so EPIC!
Monsters everywhere!
Random!
100
To be horrified; shocked; terrified.
What is the definition of appalled?
100
The king of Ithacca and hero of the Trojan war.
Who is Odysseus?
100
From the Odyssey is an example of this.
What is an example of an Epic Poem?
100
The six-headed female sea monster who makes an appearance in part two of From the Odyssey.
Who is Scylla?
100
The name of the race of one-eyed giants and the name of a single individual within the race.
What is a Cyclopes and a Cyclops?
200
To seek; search or pursue in order to find something or achieve a goal.
What is quest?
200
The god of the sea and earthquakes.
Who is Poseidon?
200
A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.
What is an Epic Poem?
200
The name of an individual in the Cyclopes race.
What is a Cyclops?
200
The names of the sea nymphs who sing songs that lure men to their death.
What is a Siren?
300
The definition of dwindle.
What is to gradually lessen; diminish?
300
The immortal sea nymph who held Odysseus captive for many years.
Who is Calypso?
300
A character in an Epic Poem who is noble and brave and is affected by great events or admired for his achievements.
What is an Epic Hero?
300
This monster which is giant whirlpool.
What is Charybdis?
300
Odysseus' wife and son
Who is Penelope and Telemachus?
400
Danger; risk; something that may cause injury or destruction
What is the definition of peril?
400
The messenger god.
Who is Hermes?
400
Odysseus is an example of this.
What is an example of an Epic Hero?
400
Cyclopes
What is the name of the race of one-eyed giants?
400
Odysseus didn’t want his men to worry and be scared of the beast and he also knew that if he told them and they backed out of it, they would never return home to Ithacca.
​Why did Odysseus not tell his men about Scylla, even when they were heading straight to here?
500
The definition of commandeer?
What is to seize by force or threats.
500
The god of sunlight, music, poetry, medicine, law, and THE TENDING TO FLOCKS AND HERDS?
Who is Apollo?
500
Homer
Who is the composer/writer of From the Odyssey?
500
The name of the Cyclops.
Who is Polyphemus?
500
The amount of time Odysseus is gone for.
What is 20 years?