The Odyssey
Odysseus's son.
Who is Telemakhos?
The material Assyrians made their buildings out of.
What are mud bricks?
The river in Mesopotamia located closest to Assyria.
What is the Tigris River?
the chief god of Assyria.
Who is Ashur?
Assyrians are compared to this German totalitarian group.
What are Nazis?
This messenger god is sent by Zeus to tell Calypso to release Odysseus
Who is Hermes?
The type of writing Assyrians used in everyday business.
What is Aramaic?
A neighboring country located south of Assyria.
What is Babylonia?
The early Assyrians used a writing system consisting of wedge-shaped symbols on clay tablets. It was mainly used for historical and religious texts.
What is cuneiform?
This relative of the king handled all administrative affairs of the country.
What is his son?
When readers first meet Odysseus, he is doing this by the seaside
What is crying?
These were sold by some Assyrians to clear their debts.
Who are Assyrian wives and children?
Babylon and Assyrian territories make up this modern day country.
What is Iraq?
The type of garments and shoes the Assyrians wore.
What are tunics and sandals?
Assyrians did this to entire populations of people (including Israel) so the people would not reassert themselves later.
What is deported or deportation?
This god, the main antagonist of Odysseus, wrecks his raft after he leaves Calypso.
Who is Poseidon?
Pekah did this to other kings in order to ensure their replacement.
What is assassination?
Called the "Great River."
What is the Euphrates?
Who are seminomadic groups?
Non-hebrew people imported into the Northern Kingdom after the Israelites were deported. The lowest insult to call a Jew.
What is a Samaritan?
This is the item Odysseus uses to hide his face and wipe away tears while listening to the bard.
What is a cloak or cape?
Assyrian craftworkers made some of these that rolled over soft clay to seal documents.
What are cylinder seals?
The four major types of land regions in Assyria.
What are the northern plains, southern plains, mountains and desert?
The main theme of this week's discussion was that although men look at outward appearances such as wealth, success in battle, or building projects, God looks at the _______.
What is the heart?
The king served as both the supreme head of the Assyrian empire and also this.
What is the chief priest?