Vocab
What is the definition of tactics?
Military procedures
The author of the Odyssey
Who is Homer?
Who traps the men on the island for one year and turns half the men into swine?
Circe
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?
What is the definition of avenge?
to seek or get revenge
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?
What are the sons of Poseidon called?
Cyclopes
What is Scylla and how many men does she kill?
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?
What is the definition of ventured?
tried something dangerous
The quality for which Odysseus is famous for when he tells the Cyclops that his name is Nohbdy
What is clever or intelligent?
Who gives Odysseus wind to try and help him home?
King Aeolus
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?
What is the definition of dispatched?
Odysseus's men react this way as he continuously tempts fate by acting recklessly
What is they try to discourage his rashness?
Who strikes Odysseus' boat with a lightning bolt?
Zeus
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?
What did the men do when Odysseus fell asleep in the Land of The Dead?
They ate his cattle
What is the definition of plundered and fugitives?
Must get both correct in order to get points otherwise you lose them.
plundered- take something by force
fugitives- people who are fleeing from something such as danger or law enforcement
Who does the beginning of the story call on to tell the story of Odysseus?
the muse
Name the three spirits Odysseus comes across in Hades and who they are
Must get all three correct
1. Elpenor- his soldier, crew member
2. Anticlea- his mom
3. Tiresias the blind prophet
What is the reason that Odysseus decides to blind the Cyclops instead of killing him in his sleep
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?