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Scary Encounters
Gods
Oh, Odysseus
Vocabulary/Literary Terms
Which way to Ithaca?
100

Witch goddess that can turn men into animals

Who is Circe?

100
The goddess that always looks out for her boy, Odysseus
Who is Athena?
100

After returning home, Odysseus disguises himself as this

What is a beggar?

100

This is Odysseus' greatest flaw

What is pride?

100

This is Odysseus' wife

Who is Penelope?

200

Maidens with beautiful singing voices and cause men to steer their ships off course

Who are Sirens?

200

King of the gods

Who is Zeus?

200
For how long is Odysseus away from home?
What is 20 years?
200

Homer uses this literary device to compare two unlike things

What is a simile or metaphor?

200

This dead prophet provides Odysseus with prophecies that tell his future

Who is Tieresias?

300
The most beautiful goddess of all who kept Odysseus for 7 years
Who is Calypso?
300
Delivers the message to Calypso that she should let Odysseus go home
Who is Hermes
300

The number of ax heads that Odysseus shoots an arrow through

What is 12?

300

This is the desire to do something wrong or unwise

What is temptation?

300
Aeolus fills Odysseus' bag with this
What is wind?
400

Poseidon's son

Who is Cyclops (Polyphemus)?

400
This god is out to get Odysseus to avenge his son's injury
Who is Poseidon?
400
Odysseus built his marriage bed from this type of tree

What is an olive tree?

400

A long poem typically derived from oral retellings

What is an epic?

400

Killing the suitors is considered what point of the narrative plot?

What is the climax?

500

Edibles that make you lose all sense of time

Who are lotus flowers?

500

The sun god with beloved cattle

Who is Helios?

500
This is Odysseus' son who waits at home in Ithaca for his return
Who is Telemachus?
500

A story pattern that follows a hero's journey through universal stages

What is a monomyth?

500

Two important Greek values we have observed in The Odyssey

What are hospitality and justice?