Literary Devices
Epithet
What does lustrous mean?
Having luster; shining
What island is Odysseus' home?
Ithaca
What is zeus the god of?
He is the god of the sky/all other gods
Who is Calypso?
The nymph that keeps Odysseus on her island
"...with sobs and groans and anguish..." is an example of what device?
Polysyndeton
What does Gale mean?
a strong wind
What island is Odysseus stuck on with Calypso?
Ogygia
Who is Antinous?
He is the leader of the suitors
Who is Hermes?
Zeus' son, who is a messenger
"And all his vessels, pails, and hammered buckets he used for milking, were brimming full with whey..." is an example of what device?
Imagery
What does scud mean?
How do the men blind Polyphemus?
They stab him in the eye with a large pencil-shaped object
What is Aphrodite the god of?
Love and beauty
Who is the cyclops that gets blinded?
Polyphemus
"As a man will bury his glowing head in black ashes" is an example of what device?
Extended Simile
What does pyre mean?
A large pile of material for burning
What happens to the men who eat the lotus flower?
They lose their desire to go home
Who is Eurycleia?
Who is Alcinous?
The king of Phaeacians
What three literary devices are in this quote? "Dawn with her rose-red fingers shone once more."
Personification, allusion, and epithet.
What does ambrosia mean?
Why can't Odysseus kill the Cyclops
Because they would be trapped by the giant stone blocking the door, which only Polyphemus can move
Who is Circe?
One of the two nymph lovers of Odysseus
who is Leucothia?
the sea nymph that was once mortal