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Who's the God?
That's so EPIC!
Riddling Fun
Vocabulary
Say What?
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The King of All Gods
Zeus
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Define an epic.
A long narrative poem that tells the adventures of a hero who embodies the value of their civilization.
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I love my sheep, but Nobody took them away from me.
Cyclops/Polyphemus
100
Enemy; opponent
Adversary
100
"I am Laertes' Son. Men hold me formidable for guile in peace and war".
Odysseus
200
The God of the Sea
Poseidon
200
The Odyssey is an example of this
Epic Poem
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I'm a giant water phenomenon that appears 3 times a day swallowing up entire ships.
Charybdis
200
Large supply; abundance
Profusion
200
"I would not let you go for the fear of Zeus - you or your friends - unless I had a whim to."
Polyphemus/Cyclops
300
God of the Sun
Helios
300
Odysseus is an example of one.
Epic Hero
300
"My heart is pierced by Cupid, I disdain all glittering gold. There is nothing that can console me, but my charming sailor boy."
Sirens
300
Commotion, Uproar
Tumult
300
"If you could see it all, before you go - all the adversity you face at sea - you would stay here, and guard this house, and be immortal"
Calypso
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The Goddess of Wisdom
Athena
400
He is the accepted composer of The Odyssey
Homer
400
Eat me and forget home!
Lotus fruit or flower
400
Glared; stared angrily
Glowered
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"Light of my days, Telemachus, you made it back!"
Eumaeus
500
The Messenger God
Hermes
500
Epic poems have these to compare heroic events to every day, understandable events
Epic simile
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I swirl above sailors eating whatever is in my grasp. Could be dolphins, fish, or even humans
Scylla
500
Unfriendly; at a distance
Aloof
500
"Forgive me, don't be angry. I could not welcome you with love on sight! I armed myself long ago against frauds of men, imposters who might come."
Penelope