The Odyssey
Athena is the goddess who most consistently? __________ Odysseus. Representing the theme of? ______________ vs.__________________ Athena can change? _________________
helps/ appearance vs. reality / identities
The word Odyssey means? ______________ and _______________ and _______________
Journey/quest/ Voyage
Penelope, wife of Odysseus, stalls the numerous suitors by unraveling the?__________ so she does not have to ? ____________________ that way, remaining faithful to Odysseus
shroud / remarry
Excessive pride that leads to destruction is called?________________________ ________
Hubris
Penelope, Odysseus' wife, and his son Telemachus are the two characters in the Odyssey that demonstrate the theme of?_______________________
loyalty
The first part of Homer's Odyssey, which includes Books 1-4, focuses on Telemachus' journey and Penelope's struggle against the? _______________in Ithaca while Odysseus is still held captive by? ____________________________.
lsuitors / Calypso
Some scholars believe that Homer was a composite of many?___________________ Or possibly a? ___________________
Individuals / woman
What theme demonstrates that you must work to survive any situation?________________________
Perseverance
In the Greek world, which city-state gave women rights than most Greek societies? _______________.
Sparta
Calypso is a ? _________________ who? ______________ Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, for? seven years, offering him? ___________________.
Detains/seven / immortality
The importance of moderation is avoiding giving into? _________________ or? ________________________ because it will cause a person? ______________________
excess / temptation / harm
The theme of Spiritual growth is seen in Telemachus and? ________________as both experience? __________________which causes them to? ______________ spiritually by the end of the epic.
Odysseus / struggles / mature
When Odysseus returns home, he is in? ___________________.
Disguise
The Odyssey ends with the themes of relationships, fate, and the role of? _______________ and homecoming as a? ________________person.
Mortality / virtuous
In the Odyssey, the Cicones are depicted as? ____________opponents. They are warriors, allies of? _________________.
Human / Troy
At the end of the Odyssey, the epic shows what happens to those who defy Odysseus, demonstrating the themes of? ________________.
Vengeance
When Odysseus returns home, he reunites with his?_________________ Laertes, on his farm. This reunion highlights the importance of family bonds.
Father
In the Land of the Lotus-Eaters, Odysseus’ men lost their drive while? ___________ all their? __________ and? __________________.
Forgetting /goals/ambitions
In the cave of the Cyclops, Odysseus blinds Polyphemus. The men sneak out? ____________ the herd of? _____________.
Under / sheep
Cice the sea-Witch turns Odysseus’ men into? _____________.
pigs
The themes are?__________, _______________ and ______________, homecoming and _______________, fate, justice and? _______________.
hubris, temptation, hospitality, homecoming, deception, fate, justice, and vengeance.
When Odysseus returns home, he passes a series of? _____________________ and?_______________ all the? ______________________.
tests / kills / suitors
Hermes is the son of? Zeus is a? ____________________ Also, he guides the souls of the? ____________down to the?________________
Zeus /Messenger /
Dead / underworld
The female monster Charybdis is a dangerous? __________________.
Whirlpool
Scylla is a? ______________________ monster that lives on one side of a narrow channel of? ______________ opposite her counterpart, the sea-swallowing monster Charybdis.
Man-eating /water