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He helped Gilgamesh and Enkidu kill Huwawa
Who is Shamash?
She sent the bull of heaven to kill Gilgamesh
Who is Ishtar?
When the same sound is repeated at the beginning of successive words
What is alliteration?
"Believe me, prince, these benches are filled with beardless infants."
Who is the Green Knight?
The time period that Gilgamesh was written
What are ancient times?
Her face was inside of Gawain's shield
Who is the Virgin Mary?
Odysseus escaped from him on a sheep
Who is Polyphemus?
When a line of poetry has no punctuation at the end
What is enjambment?
"If my ring is really to rich a gift, be less in my debt, but take my belt."
Who is the Lady?
What is Mesopotamia or modern day Iraq?
They sailed Odysseus home on their magical ship
Who are the Phaiakians?
He prevented Odysseus from getting home for nearly 10 years
Who is Poseidon?
The attitude of poets about the subject they are writing about
What is tone?
"Goodbye, stranger, and think of me sometimes when you are back at home, how I was the first you owed your life to."
Who is Nausikaa?
Odysseus was traveling between these two ancient cities in the Odyssey
What are Troy and Ithaca?
She kept Odysseus alive when he washed up on her shore
Who is Calypso?
He disguised himself as a Lord
When words inside of a line or lines rhyme with each other
What is internal rhyme?
"The wonder is on me that you drank my drugs and have not been enchanted, for no other man beside you could have stood up under my drugs."
Who is Circe?
What are medieval times or the Dark Ages?
She helped Odysseus and Telemachus.
Who is Athena?
She masterminded all the tricks on King Arthur and Gawain
Who is Morgan Le Fay?
When two opposing ideas are presented
What is a juxtaposition?
"So I announce great trouble for you as well, if ever you string this bow; you will meet no kind of courtesy in our group."
Who is Antinoos?
The two main rivers near the kingdom of Uruk.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?