Figurative language
"Then soft sleep crept up behind me and took me unaware."
What is personification?
What theme is being suggested in the quote, "This was all foretold many years ago?"
What is fate?
What do approaching dark clouds and storms symbolize in literature?
What is danger?
Who put a curse on Odysseus?
Who was Polyphemus?
How long did it take Odysseus to return home after he left for the Trojan war?
What is twenty years?
"Odysseus and selected comrades climbed inside, armed to the teeth."
What is an idiom?
What theme is being represented in the quote, "As for Penelope, she's remained loyal all these years and still longs for you. But it's difficult for her."
What is loyalty?
What does home represent in The Odyssey?
What is safety?
Which goddess watched over Odysseus?
Who was Athena?
What was the reason for the Trojan War?
What is to get Helen back?
"The salt spray tasted of long forgotten pleasures, making us ache with joy."
What is a metaphor?
What theme is represented when Clytemnestra had Agamemnon and his soldiers killed when they returned from Troy?
What is revenge?
What does the lotus fruit symbolize?
What is a distraction?
Who was the first mortal Odysseus spoke to when he returned to Ithaca?
Who was Eumaeus, the swineherd?
What did Odysseus compare his soldiers to when they pillaged the town of Ismarus?
What are pirates?
"I had the unpleasant sensation that I was a juicy fly that she had enticed into her web."
What is a metaphor?
What theme is addressed in the quote, "As soon as I was asleep, my men began to talk among themselves... They decided to empty the bag Aeolus had given me and share out the contents equally between themselves?"
What is greed?
What does Poseidon's behavior symbolize beyond just being the god of the sea?
What is revenge?
How did Penelope keep the suitors from pushing her to marry?
What is weaving a death shroud for Laertes and then undoing the work every night?
Who is the original author of The Odyssey?
Who is Homer?
"For the suitors in your palace, every day is a fest day. They are like a swarm of locusts."
What is a simile?
What theme does the following quote express: "I laughed at the stricken giant. 'Your prayers will go unanswered, Polyphemus. Not even Zeus himself could restore your sight. You're blind for life?"
What is hubris?
What does the ability to string a bow and shoot an arrow symbolize?
What is strength or truth?
Who won the Trojan War?
What are The Greeks?
What do the phrases "fierce tempest," "seething water," and "angry sea" all have in common?
What is personification?