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Oh, Odysseus
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Which way to Ithaca?
100
Witch goddess that lives on the island of Aeaea
Who is Circe?
100
The goddess that always looks out for her boy, Odysseus
Who is Athena?
100
After eating these fruits, Odysseus' men no longer wish to go home
What are the lotus flowers?
100

A Greek storyteller / respected entertainer

What is a bard?

100

These two main suitors are consistently at forefront –bullying Telemachus, antagonizing the beggar, and pressuring Penelope

Who are Antinous and Eurymachus?

200
The most beautiful goddess of all who kept Odysseus for 7 years
Who is Calypso?
200
Delivers the message to Calypso that she should let Odysseus go home
Who is Hermes
200
This is one of Odysseus's loyal crew members who accompanies him on his way home
Who is Eurylochus?
200

This is a descriptive device/phrase that is used in place of a noun

What is an epithet?

200

This man fills Odysseus's bag with wild to send him home, and then shirks in fear of a divine curse when Odysseus returns

Who is Aeolus? 

300
Maidens with beautiful singing voices and cause men to steer their ships off course
Who are Sirens?
300
The god of the underworld
Who is Hades?
300
For how long is Odysseus away from home?
What is 20 years?
300

This Greek word means hospitality

What is Xenia?

300

These people provide Odysseus with good advice in the underworld – name two

Who are Tieresias / Anticleia / Agamemnon / etc 

400
Poseidon's son
Who is Cyclops?
400
This god is out to get Odysseus to avenge his son's injury
Who is Poseidon?
400

The people that Odysseus' men attack and plunder before they fight back and kill many of Odysseus' men

Who are the Cicones?

400

Homer uses this meter – epic meter – to craft the rhapsodes that make up The Odyssey

What is dactylic hexameter?

400
What does Teiresias have in common with author, Homer?
What is they are blind?
500
A giant whirlpool/maelstrom
Who is Charybdis?
500
This god hears and sees everything
Who is Helios?
500

Name Odysseus's loyal swineherd and cowherd 

Who is Philoetius (cowherd) and Eumaeus (swineherd)?

500
A long poem, typically derived from oral tradition
What is an epic?
500

What are three important Greek values we have observed in The Odyssey?

What are xenia (hospitality), kleos (glory), arete (excellence), nostos (homecoming), etc