Epic Form
A long narrative poem that relates important events.
What is an epic?
Greek legendary poet credited with writing the Lliad and the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
Queen of Ithaca
Who is Penelope?
King of Gods and the Ruler of the Sky
Who is Zeus?
Giant, loud one-eyed creatures.
What are cyclopes?
Someone who has "larger than life" qualities and possible supernatural powers.
What is an epic hero?
Homer's disability.
What is blindness?
Father of Odysseus
Who is Laertes?
King of the Sea
Who is Poseidon?
A giant Cyclopes who is blinded by Odysseus.
Who is Polyphemus?
A fixed rhythmic pattern.
What is a meter?
The type of poet Homer was.
What is an oral poet?
Odysseus and Penelope's son
Ruler of the Underworld
Who is Hades?
Beauties who seduce men with their singing.
What are sirens?
A characterizing phrase for a person, place, or thing.
What is an epithet?
Homer's supposed birthplace.
What is Ionia?
Keeper of Odysseus's pigs and helps him when he returns to Ithaca
Who is Eumaeus?
Messenger of the Gods
A six-headed monster and man-eater.
Who is Scylla?
Elegant language stresses the nobility of the subject.
What is lofty style?
The world's first known epic.
What is Gilgamesh?
An old nurse of Odysseus's who knows him by the scar on his leg
Who is Euryclea?
Keeper of the Winds
Who is Aeolus?
Who is Charybdis?