Characters
Odysseus' wife.
Who is Penelope?
Literary element used in the invocation which is a major spoiler.
What is foreshadowing?
This word means skillful, crafty, or sly.
What is guile?
This monster has one eye.
What is the cyclops?
She is known as the goddess/witch.
Who is Circe?
He is the lead suitor.
Who is Antonius?
“The gods have tried me in a thousand ways” is an example of this literary element.
What is hyperbole?
This word means to charm or please.
What is beguile?
These monsters are half-bird, half-women and they lure men to their deaths by singing.
Who are the Sirens?
This god rules the sea and was really angry with Odysseus.
Who is Poseiden?
Odysseus' son.
Who is Telemachus?
This is a type of literary element very similar to ones we see in modern books, but longer.
What is an epic simile?
This means being in a dreadful or terrible strait.
What is dire?
This monster is a whirlpool with sharp teeth.
Who is Charybdis?
The god that helped Odysseus by giving him a magical plant called "moly."
Who is Hermes?
The name of the cyclops that Odysseus blinds.
Who is Polyphemus?
An example of one is: “Son of Laertes and the gods of old, Odysseus, master mariner and soldier”
What is an epithet?
This means acting in a nervous or uncertain way.
What is dithering?
This monster has 6 heads and 12 legs.
Who is Scylla?
This god sunk Odysseus' ship after his crew ate the sun god's immortal cattle.
Who is Zeus?
They are the cannibals who destroy all but one of Odysseus' ships.
Who are the Laestrygones?
“Young dawn with fingertips of rose” is an example of this literary element.
What is personification?
This means impossible to soothe, unforgiving.
What is implacable?
These two monsters work together.
Who are Scylla and Charybdis?
The god of archery and poetry whose feast occurs in book 22.
Who is Apollo?