D'oh!
Legendary poet credited with writing The Iliad and The Odyssey.
Homer
The wife and son of Odysseus
Penelope and Telemachus
In Ismarus, Odysseus loses his men to ___________.
The Cicones
Why did Odysseus and his men stop frequently at islands?
To gather more fresh water
". . . but each one dwells in his own mountain cave dealing out rough justice to wife and child, indifferent to what the others do. . ."
Cyclopes
A long, narrative poem that relates important events in the history or folklore of the culture that produced it.
Epic
"A rocky isle, but good for a boy's training"
Odysseus's home, Ithaca
"but those who ate this honeyed plant, the ________, never cared to report, nor to return. . ."
the Lotus
The island ruled by sorceress-goddess Circe
Aeaea
lure sailors to their destruction with their haunting songs
The Sirens
A larger-than-life character who embodies traits that the culture values
Epic Hero
Odysseus's greatest accomplishment
The Trojan Horse (winning the war in Troy)
The god of the Ocean who has a bone to pick with Odysseus
Poseidon
Island of Aeolus, king of the winds
Aeolia
legendary six-headed sea monster
Scylla
The speaker of the poem asks the Muse for inspiration
Opening Invocation to the Muse
Odysseus's strength
Intelligence/wit/wisdom
The race of cannibals who destroy all of Odysseus's ships except for one
Laestrygonians
Cattle
legendary sea monster that takes the form of a gigantic, deadly whirlpool
Charybdis
in medias res
Odysseus's weakness
Hubris (pride)
Crewmember who leads Odysseus's men astray
Eurylochus
Calypso's island
Ogygia
The name of the Cyclops who was blinded by Odysseus
Polyphemus