Places
This city is where Odysseus was attempting to sail home from.
Troy
This sweet, delicious fruit makes men lose their will and forget home.
Lotus
This theme tells us about how the Greeks viewed hospitality.
Xenia
"Eumaeus,
listen, and listen all of you. At dawn
I plan to go to town to beg--I have
no wish to be a burden to you all."
Odysseus as beggar
This term describes how The Odyssey begins "in the middle of things," dropping the audience into the story long after earlier events have happened.
in media res
Odysseus goes here to speak with Tiresias.
The Underworld
Odysseus has his men tie him to the mast so that he will not be bewitched and destroyed by who?
The Sirens
Penelope never cheats on Odysseus, a good example of this theme.
Loyalty
"King Menelaus, son of Atreus,
I came in search of news about my father."
Telemachus
When Homer describes Odysseus weeping “as a woman / weeps, as she falls to wrap her arms around / her husband, fallen fighting for his home / and children," this extended comparison is an example of this literary device.
Epic simile
Telemachus and Pisistratus, Nestor's sixth son, go here by chariot.
Sparta
Zeus sends two of these to swoop and rip at the heads of men crowded around the council Telemachus calls in Ithaca.
Eagles
Telemachus orders Penelope to leave the hall before the massacre of the suitors. This is an example of what theme?
Growing up (or gender roles)
"My father has a throne right next to hers;
he sits and sips his wine, just like a god.
But pass him by, embrace my mother's knees
to supplicate."
Nausicaa
When Homer consistently labels Odysseus as "clever Odysseus," he's using this literary device.
epithet
This is where Odysseus meets a young woman who gives him clothes made by her mother.
Scheria/Phaecia
The sea goddess Ino keeps Odysseus from drowning by lending him this.
Her scarf
Gender/gender roles
"You nasty hobo! I will make you pay
for showing off in front of all of us."
A suitor (Eurymachus)
Telemachus's growth into a confident leader is highlighted by contrasting him with the arrogant and impulsive behavior of the suitors. This makes the suitors an example of what literary device?
This monstrous, belching whirlpool is actually a goddess.
Charybdis
Explain the connection between Agamemnon and Orestes.
Orestes is Agamemnon's son
Xenia is particularly for __________ class people, conveying a clear difference between the slaves and kings in this poem.
Upper
"My lady, wife of great Odysseus,
this news is incomplete. I will reveal
the whole truth with a prophecy."
Theoclymenus
We learn about Penelope’s cleverness through her actions (like weaving and unweaving the shroud), which is an example of what kind of characterization?
indirect