Gods and Goddesses
This goddess has favored Odysseus since he fought in the Trojan War.
Athena!
This person is Odysseus' loyal swineherder.
Eumaeus!
Of what did Odysseus’s mother die?
Agamemnon! Achilles! Tiresias! Tyro! etc etc!
"'As when the daughter of Pandareus,
the pale gray nightingale, sings beautifully
when spring has come, and sits among the leaves
that crowd the trees, and warbles up and down
a symphony of sound, in mourning for her
son by Zethus, darling Itylus,
whom she herself had killed in ignorance,
with bronze. Just so, my mind pulls two directions...'"
What's this an example of?
Epic simile!
These creatures sing so beautifully they draw all men to them.
The Sirens!
These people give Odysseus an escort home to Ithaca.
The Phaeacians!
Eurycleia recognizes Odysseus based on this distinguishing feature.
A scar on his leg!
Odysseus does this when he hears the tales of the Trojan War in Scheria.
Cries!
Leaving the Island of the Cyclops, Odysseus taunts Polyphemus as they sail away. This demonstrates his ...
Hubris!
This goddess transforms Odysseus’s sailors into pigs.
Circe!
This girl found Odysseus by the river. Athena gave her strength not to be scared.
Nausicaa!
This plant makes the sailors forget their desire to return home.
Lotus!
Name one thing people seem to do to conform to the requirements of xenia.
Wash feet! Oil body! Give baths! Feed people before asking them questions! Give them treasure!
The poem begins not with Odysseus leaving Ithaca for Troy, but with him already stuck on Ogygia. This is an example of a narrative beginning ...
in media res!
Athena disguise herself as this person to make preparations for Telemachus’s journey.
Mentor!
This man became very drunk and met a very tragic end when he fell off Circe's roof.
Tiresias warns Odysseus not to harm this on his voyage.
These two characters provide a point of comparison for Odysseus and Telemachus.
Agamemnon and Orestes!
The Odyssey compares how Odysseus and Telemachus approach situations. In that sense, you could say they are ______.
Literary foils!
Not a god, but still supernatural, this being kills six of Odysseus's men.
Scylla!
This person has an affair with Eurymachus.
Melantho!
An ax contest!
This man steals/woos Helen away from Menelaus.
Paris!
Prophecies in this text are generally an example of this.
Foreshadowing!