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It's Totally Epic
I Can Be Your Hero
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The city where the war in the Iliad was fought.
What is Troy?
100
The woman who kept Odysseus prisoner on her island for 7 years.
Who is Calypso?
100
The witch who turns Odysseus' men into pigs.
Who is Circe?
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Odysseus.
Who is the hero of national importance in the Odyssey?
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Intelligence, strength, and bravery.
What are Odysseus' above-average qualities?
200

The epic was told orally by oral story tellers who sang the stories for entertainment.  They are known as.

What are minstrels or bards?

200
The name of the cyclops who trapped Odysseus and his men in a cave.
Who is Polyphemus?
200
The animal Odysseus and his men are not supposed to eat.
What is Helios' sacred cows?
200
Ancient Greece.
What is the specific society and culture the Odyssey is rooted in?
200
Calypso and Circe.
Who are the women temptresses that threaten Odysseus' desire to return home?
300

The length of time the war lasted.

What is 10 years?

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The god who came to Calypso and told her to let Odysseus leave her island.
Who is Hermes?
300
The monster who creates a whirlpool by swallowing the water in the sea.
What is Charybdis?
300
The Mediterranean and Land of the Dead.
What is the vast setting of the Odyssey?
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Polyphemus, army of Cicones, Circe, Helios, Scylla, and Charybdis.
What are the enemies and trials Odysseus must face on his journey?
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The epic was told orally by oral story tellers who sang the stories for entertainment.  They are known as.

What are minstrels and bards?

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The god who will punish Polyphemus for being an inhospitable host.
Who is Zeus?
400
The man who Odysseus talks to in the Land of the Dead.
Who is Tiresias?
400
The Latin term meaning "in the middle of things".
What is in medias res?
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Arrogance (hubris).
What is Odysseus' weakness or flaw?
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Epics are told to teach 

What is the history and values of the Greek culture?

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What homer compares Odysseus' men to as Polyphemus grabs them and eats them.
What is "squirming puppies"?
500
One of Odysseus' men who led 23 others to Circe's house and warned Odysseus of her trap.
Who is Eurylochus?
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The extended similes in the epic

What are homeric similes?

500

Like the times on a clock

What is the hero's journey?