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Epic Terms
Characters
OMG(ods)
Plot Points
Miscellaneous
100
Long, narrative poem telling the adventures of a hero
What is an epic
100
This epic dude is trying to get home to Ithaca after the Trojan War
What is Odysseus
100
King of the Gods who helps create storms to punish Odysseus and his men
What is Zeus
100
Delicious plant that makes men forget about their homes
What is Lotus flower
100
Blind poet who wrote the Iliad and te Odyssey
What is Homer
200
Extended comparison between two things in an epic poem
What is epic simile
200
Lure ships to their island with their enchanting songs
What is Sirens
200
Goddess of wisdom and civil security who assists Odysseus in his travels
What is Athena
200
The war that has just ended prior to Odysseus's attempt to return home
What is Trojan War
200
The number of Odysseus's men who survive the journey home
What is zero
300
Translates "in the middle of things" and the point at which most epic poems begin
What is in media res
300
Cyclops who eats a handful of Odysseus's men and son to Poseidon
What is Polyphemus
300
Wife of Zeus and Goddess of the Home
What is Hera
300
The blind prophet who resides in the Underworld and tells Odysseus how to get home
What is Tiresias
300
What the word "odyssey" actually means
What is journey
400
Tragic pride that leads to the downfall of a hero
What is hubris
400
Odysseus's son who is twenty years old the first time he speaks to his father
What is Telemachus
400
Messenger of the Gods who instructs Calypso to release Odysseus from her island
What is Hermes
400
The suitor who blames Antinuous for the actions of the suitors and pleads for mercy from Odysseus
What is Eurymachus
400
Strength, bravery, intelligence, loyalty to his men, etc.
What is epic hero characteristics
500
Listing of actions, experience, family members, etc. to introduce a character
What is catalog
500
The "black-hearted" suitor who is the first to be killed by Odysseus
What is Antinuous
500
God of the Sea who makes Odysseus's journey so difficult
What is Poseidon
500
String Odysseus's bow and shoot an arrow through twelve ax handles
What is the challenge
500
Odysseus demonstrates this when he brags to Polyphemus as he flees the island
What is hubris