Greek Gods
This god's epithet is 'the king of all gods' and is the god of thunderbolts.
Who is Zeus
These men have overrun Odysseus' palace and are eating the inheritance of the young prince. They are also vying for Penelope's hand in marriage.
Who are the suitors
She is the wife of Odysseus and the mother of Telemachus
Who is Penelope
Define: epithet
an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned
Epithet: The great strategist of the Trojan war.
His journey is the reason we have the word Odyssey.
Who is Odysseus
True or False
The Odyssey is a short story about some dudes from Troy who run amok on the Roman Isle of Capri.
False
Epithet: grey eyed
Is the patron saint of Odysseus
Who is Athena
who does Telemachus seek out to find word of his father?
Either: Nestor or Menelaus and Helen
double jeopardy
The most favored child of Zeus, she was born of his head and came out wearing her Aegis which is often depicted as a helmet.
Who is Athena
Define hospitality
the friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers
This young man was the prize fighter for the Achaeans. He defiled the body of the Hero of Troy and was enraged at the loss of his lover Patroclus. He is still known to today for his classic weakness where his mother held him by his ankle when she dipped him in the river Styx.
Who is Achilles
This creature lives amongst his fellows on an island and uses a boulder as a door to his dwelling.
Who is the cyclops Polyphemus
Epithet: the blue maned god, who makes the islands tremble. He is angry at Odysseus for blinding his son the cyclops.
Who is Poseidon
Athena is disguised as this person and guides Telemachus to seek out information about his father.
Who is Mentor
She is a lesser god who has trapped Odysseus on her island paradise Ogigya and is a type of island music
Who is Calypso
Define: hearth
the floor of a fireplace and metaphorically the center of a home
This many of the men under Odysseus' command in the Trojan war make it back to Ithaca.
What is 0, nada, nil, zilch
Double Jeopardy:
What is a synonym for 0 that is not used above.
These people live in a perpetual state of euphoria, and entice some of Odysseus' crew to join them. This causes the crew to forget their desire to return home and their need for food.
Who are the Lotus Eaters
The messenger god who brought word to Calypso that Odysseus must be set free and pulled Persephone out of Hades and back to her mom.
Who is Hermes
Penelope is delaying taking one of the suitors hands in marriage by doing what?
She is unpicking the weaviing she does by day to extend the making of shroud eternally,
Double Jeopardy:
Who is the shroud for?
This goddess was not invited to the banging party on mount Olympus and so decided to throw the Apple of Discord in to muck up the fun
Who is Eris/Discordia
What is the definition of shade from your vocab packet?
the lingering image of something passing away
Ajax was warrior who participated in the Trojan war. Which side did he fight for?
the Greeks
Double Jeopardy:
What is another name the greeks are known by.
The epithet: The G.O.A.T. is one that Ms. Gehret attributes to which athlete?
Serena Williams, LeBron James, Simone Biles, Tom Brady
Anyone but Tom Brady
Known as the 'virgin god' she was a huntress and Odysseus compared Nausicaa of the Pale Arms to her.
Who is Artemis
Telemachus is on a mini Odyssey, name 4 steps of that journey.
First he pouts about the suitors eating his inheritence.
next he recieves a visit from Athena who tells him to grow up and ask his mother to end this farce with the suitors.
next Athena suggest holding a meeting with all Ithacan's to describe the bad behavior of the suitors.
Then Athena suggests that Telemachus journey to his father's old comrads homes to hear word of him.
Telemachus shows some maturity as he preps a boat to leave.
He asks his nurse maid to hide the fact he has left from his mother for a few days.
He visits Nestor
He visits Menelaus
Her epithet is 'The Face that Launched a Thousand Ships' Her husband went to war to bring her back from Troy
Helen of Troy/Sparta
Double jeopardy:
Which god/godess gave her as prize to Paris?
define: Homeric simile
an extended simile that contrast something unfamiliar with something very familiar.
He is the hero of Troy and may be an ancient measurement of land size?
Who is Hector (Hectare)
Ms. Colvin talked her way out of a sticky situation by blaming the dog for doing what?
opening the parakeet cage and causing the death of Henry, the bird.