Beowulf
The Odyssey/Other
Prometheus
Hero Timeline
100
The night stalker
Who is Grendel?
100
Zeus' father
Who is Cronus?
100
The materials Prometheus used to create his creatures
What are clay, water and chaos?
100
The first stage of the Hero timeline
What is Culture is in a period of decline?
200
Prince of the Geats
Who is Beowulf?
200
What Odysseus and his men found inside the cave of the Cyclopes
What is baskets of cheese?
200
Prometheus stole a spark from him
Who is Hephaestus?
200
Hero is born of unusual circumstances
What is when the heroes’ birth takes place in a hidden place, or he has to overcome obstacles very early in life, hero is often born of average parents
300
The society terrorized by Grendel
Who are the Danes?
300
The creatures called on by Zeus to defeat the Titans
Who are the Cyclopes and the hundred handed giants?
300
They killed Prometheus' creature
Who are the Fates?
300
The third stage of the hero timeline
What is the Hero is called?
400
It is hung from the ceiling as a trophy
What is Grendel's arm?
400
Excessive pride (to a fault)
What is hubris?
400
He saved Prometheus from his torture
Who is Hercules?
400
Journey to battle
What is the quest marked by trials, confrontations with monsters, might appear that hero is loosing; great struggle takes place.
500
The name of the great hall
What is Heorot?
500
One example of how Odysseus displays Hubris
When odysseus tells the Cyclopes his real name (Arogant)
500
Hermes' disguise
What is a crane?
500
How the Hero wins the battle
What is by using inner strength, wit, cunning, intelligence more than weapons.