Names
The name of the epic hero in The Odyssey
What is Odysseus?
This is the name of the island Odysseus is trying to go home to.
What is Ithaca?
Hearing this monster will lure you to a watery death
What are the Sirens?
Depicts a long, strange journey filled with complications such as strange creatures, treacherous weather, divine intervention, and large-scale events
What is epic plot?
What is Hades relationship to Zeus?
They are brothers.
The name of the enchantress that turns Odysseus' men into swine
What is Circe?
How does Odysseus "defeat" Circe?
This monster will eat your men two at a time
What is Cyclops?
Reflect universal concerns such as courage, loyalty, beauty, the fate of a nation, life and death, and a homecoming
What are Epic Themes?
What should you do if a stranger comes to your door?
Feed them and let them stay with you. (They may be a god in disguise)
The name of the cyclops that Odysseus and his men blinded
What is Polyphemus?
Who is the first to die by being shot in the throat by Odysseus' arrow?
Who is Antinous?
These are the names of the giant cannibals Odysseus' and his men go by before arriving at Circe's island.
Who are the Laestrygones?
A brave and noble character in an epic admired for great achievements or affected by grand events
What is an epic hero?
What happens if you fall into the river/drink the river water in the underworld?
You forget who you are.
The name of the swineherd, who is one of Odysseus' loyal servants upon returning to Ithaca
What is Eumaeus?
What shape does Athena take during the battle so that she can go unnoticed by the suitors, but still watch everything?
What is a Sparrow?
Spell the name of the monster who is like a "broken garbage disposal"
Charybdis
A comparison using "like" or "as" developed over several lines of verse
What is Epic Simile?
Which goddess of discord gave the apple to "the fairest" goddess? (hehe starting the Trojan War)
Eris
The names of the two evil suitors
What is Antinous and Eurymachus?
Elpenor asked what of Odysseus in the underworld?
The barrow and the burial.
How many legs does Scylla have? And what are they made of?
Twelve, tentacle-like legs
A nickname used to maintain the meter/rhythm
What is Epithet?
Who is the goddess of the sea? (hint: she was mentioned in Book 12 of the Odyssey)
Amphitrite