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Epithets
Confusing Greek Characters
Monsters and Magic
What is an Epic?
Gods and Goddesses
100
...the wine-dark_________________
sea
100
Who is Odysseus' mom?
Anticlea
100
Who turned Odysseus' men into pigs?
Circe
100
What is at the beginning of the Odyssey and other epics...the summoning of a deity to ask for assistance
Invocation
100
Who is the God of the Winds?
Aeolus
200
rosy-fingered _________________________
dawn
200
Lead Suitor, spokesperson for suitors
Antinous
200
Who did Odysseus stab in the eye?
Polyphemus
200
What does 'in medias res' mean?
In the middle - the story starts in the middle
200
Who is the messenger god who brings message twice (first to tell him how to evade Circe's spell and again to tell Calypso to let Odysseus go)?
Hermes
300
clear-eyed, Pallas ________________________
Athene
300
Prophet in the Land of the Dead (Odysseus must seek him, according to Circe)
Teiresias
300
What was the name of the monster whirpool?
Charybis
300
What was Odysseus' fatal flaw as an epic hero?
Pride Hubris (Greek - genius point)
300
Who is REALLY mad at Odysseus and why?
Poseidon - for blinding his son
400
hapless, long-tried, high-born son of Laertes, wise, ready ___________________________
Odysseus
400
Who was Helen's husband? He returned from the Trojan War and welcomed Telemachus to Sparta.
Menelaus
400
What creature had six heads?
Scylla
400
In the Greek culture, what human qualities were valued?
Beauty, intelligence (wit), strength Arete (Greek)
400
Which god helps Odysseus throughout the Odyssey?
Athene
500
earth-shaker, land-shaker
Poseiden
500
Who got drunk and fell off a roof at Circe's house?
Elepenor
500
Odysseus told his crew to put wax in their ears to protect them from who?
The Sirens
500
The Greeks valued hospitality. What is the Greek word for hospitality?
Xenia
500
Who punishes Odysseus' men for eating the cattle of the sun-god?
Zeus