Greek Deities
What is Aphrodite associated with?
What are Golden apples?
It is a long narrative poem featuring real people and based on actual historical events.
What is an epic poem?
The king who is murdered by his wife's lover after returning from Troy
Who is Agamemnon?
the giant, one-eyed Cyclops who is the son of Poseidon
Who is Polyphemus?
What does Perseus come home with?
Medusa's head and a bride
This goddess is associated with peacocks.
Who is Hera?
Elements of epic poems
lofty style, use of epithets, begin with an invocation to the muses, begin with en media res, set to music
Hospitable king who welcomes Odysseus and helps him get home
Who is Alcinous?
Son of Odysseus and was a baby when he left home
Who is Telemachus?
At the end of the episode with the Cyclops, what does Polyphemus do that affects future events in the epic?
He prays to his father, the sea god, to curse Odysseus
Clear-eyed
Who is Athena?
Fixed descriptive phrase for a person, place or thing
What is an epithet?
Odysseus' dog who recognizes his voice after waiting for 20 years and then dies
Argos
What makes the Odyssey an epic?
It is a long narrative poem featuring a hero who embodies traits that are important to his culture
the dead body of the pilot
father of Perseus
Who is Zeus?
princess who falls in love with Odysseus and decides to become the first female bard
Who is Nausicaa?
What danger do the Lotus -Eaters pose to Odysseus' men?
The lotus plant causes the men to lose interest in returning home.
What causes the boys to become more savage in their behavior?
the ritual of hunting (bloodlust)and painting their faces (psychological freedom)
Agamemnon's son
Who is Orestes?
Andromeda
Who is the Aethiopian princess who married Perseus?