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Greek Heroes
A Matter of Style
Oh, The Places They Go
Good God?
It's a Girl Thing
100
The son of Odysseus; he almost gets plowed under
Who is Telemachus?
100
A comparison that uses "like" and "as" and which runs over several lines to intensify the heroic stature of the subject and serve as decoration.
What is an epic simile? (aka: homeric simile, extended simile)
100
Where Agamemnon, Achilles, and Odysseus went
What is Troy?
100
The god who wants to help and assists Odysseus to get home
Who is Athena?
100
She launched a thousand ships
Who is Helen?
200
Best Greek warrior; angry; refuses to participate in the Trojan War
Who is Achilles?
200
The meaning of "in media res"
What is "in the middle of things"? This refers to how epic stories like The Iliad and The Odyssey BEGIN.
200
Odysseus is tied to a mast when he and his crew pass these
What are Sirens?
200
The god who wants to punish Odysseus for blinding his son.
What is Poseidon, god of the sea?
200
War prize of Achilles; taken by Agamemnon when he has to give away Chryseis
Who is Breseis?
300
King of Ithaca
Who is Odysseus?
300
The rhythm of DAH da da ...or... STRAW-ber-ry ...or... DUM-did-dy
What is "dactyl" in dactylic hexameter?
300
Odysseus' first stop in which he loses six men per ship
What is Ismarus (or Land of the Cicones)?
300
The goddess of discord who throws the golden apple into the room
Who is Eros?
300
She holds off suitors by weaving and unweaving a tapestry
Who is Penelope?
400
Prince of Troy; killed by Achilles
Who is Hector?
400
The path that goes full circle from the known to the unknown and includes challenges and transformation.
What is the Hero's Journey?
400
Odysseus is trying to get home for THIS long
What is nine and a half years?
400
The god who is supposedly neutral, but often helps the Trojans
Who is Zeus?
400
Where Odysseus spends seven of his years traveling home
What is Calypso's Island (Ogygia)?
500
The first of the old war heroes whom Telemachus visits to learn about his father
Who are Nestor?
500
The period in which Homer wrote the epic tale of Odysseus
What is between the 12th - 8th centuries?
500
The place where Helen lives before being kidnapped
What is Sparta (or Lacaedamon)?
500
The sun-god who loves his cattle
Who is Helios?
500
She turns men into pigs
Who is Circe?