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vocabulary
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epic conventions
epithets
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A crazy old man
What is a codger
100
"Mother has always told me I'm his son, it's true, but I am not so certain" (1. 248-249).
Who is Telemachus
100
Blinded the cyclops
Who is Odysseus
100
a way of "nick naming" a character with a short phrase that describes something about him or her
What is an epithet
100
The man of twists and turns
Who is Odysseus
200
An omen of something to come
What is a portent
200
"Fit out a ship with twenty oars, the best in sight, sail in quest of news of your long-lost father" (1.322-323).
Who is Athena (as Mentes)
200
Held Odysseus captive on her island
Who is Calypso
200
The Latin phrase that means "in the middle of things" like how the Odyssey starts with Odysseus stranded on Calypso's island...
What is "In Medias Res"
200
The matchless queen of cunning
Who is Penelope
300
Having sacred associations
What is hallowed
300
"It's not the suitors here who deserve the blame, it's your own dear mother" (2.92-93).
Who is Antinous
300
Unweaves her father-in-law's burial shroud every night
Who is Penelope
300
Long lists of things or characters in an epic. For example, two pages worth of names of ships headed for Troy...
What is a catalogue
300
The bewitching nymph
Who is Calypso
400
A feeling of anger at being treated unjustly
What is indignation
400
"Don't rove from home too long" (3.354).
Who is Nestor
400
Interprets the portent of two eagles fighting
Who is Halithersis
400
A long drawn out comparison comparing many qualities of one thing with that of another...
What is an epic simile
400
The earth shaker
Who is Poseidon
500
To hesitate or refuse to proceed when faced with an obstacle
What is balk
500
"If you, you old codger, wise as the ages, talk him round, incite the boy to riot, he'll be the first to suffer" (2.211-213).
Who is Eurymachus
500
Keeps the secret of Telemachus' departure for Pylos a secret for "ten or a dozen days"
Who is Eurycleia
500
A technique for reminding the listener of a story of something that happened earlier in the tale...
What is an epic digression
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The old charioteer
Who is Nestor