Gods and Goddesses
The sun god
Who is Helios?
The author of the Odyssey
Who is Homer?
People who escaped
What is fugitives?
This is a danger that the Lotus-Eaters pose to Odysseus' men and causes the men to...
What is the Lotus Flower and losing interest in returning home?
Part 1 is told this many years after a certain war
What is ten years after the Trojan War?
Polyphemus's father
Who is Poseidon?
MOST of the Odyssey Part 1 qualifies as a flashback because...
What is Homer interrupts the story of Odysseus's journey home by having Odysseus tell Alcinous of earlier events?
To get revenge
What is avenge?
The chapter that Odysseus loses all of his men
What is "The Cattle of the Sun God"?
Odysseus goes to Hades (Land of the Dead) because...
What is Circe told him to consult the prophet Tiresias in order to receive advice on how to return home?
sea goddess who loves Odysseus
Who is Calypso?
The quality for which Odysseus is famous for when he tells the Cyclops that his name is Nohbdy
What is clever or intelligent?
Adverse = harmful/exposed. Adversaries =
What is people in conflict with each other?
Odysseus's men do this to avoid falling under the Sirens's spell
What is puts beeswax in their ears?
This makes the Odyssey an epic
What is a long narrative poem featuring a hero who embodies traits that are important to his/her culture?
to whom Odysseus tells his story
Who is Alcinous?
Odysseus's men react this way as he continuously tempts fate by acting recklessly
What is they try to discourage his rashness?
Fathom = measure of depth. Fathomless =
What is too deep to measure?
Polyphemus does this at the end of "The Cyclops" that affects future events in the epic
What is begs his father, Poseidon, to curse Odysseus?
Odysseus meets these two people in the Land of the Dead. The first one died from _______, and the second one he ignores.
Who is Elpenor and his mother? What is one of his soldiers who died after drinking too much wine and falling off a roof?
enchantress who helps Odysseus
Who is Circe?
The Ancient Greek value that Odysseus describes in these words to Alcinous: "Men hold me formidable for guile in peace and war: this fame has gone abroad to the sky's rim."
What is admiration for cunning?
Associate = to connect two things or people in one's mind. Disassociation =
The reason that Odysseus decides to blind the Cyclops instead of killing him in his sleep
What is the men need the Cyclops to move the boulder that blocks the cave's entrance?
Tiresias warns Odysseus against __________
What is letting his men eat Helios's cattle?