In this episode, Odysseus must fire his arrow through 12 axes.
What is "The Challenge?"
100
This is the archetypal hero in Homer's epic The Odyssey.
Who is Odysseus?
100
This is the literary term for a larger-than-life protagonist who represents the culture's ideals.
What is an epic hero?
100
This monster represents the savages people become when they refuse hospitality to guests.
What is the cylops?/Who is Polyphemus?
200
This is the goddess who falls in love with Odysseus and detains him in her hall.
Who is Calypso?
200
In this episode, Odysseus must tie his men to their benches in order to keep them from being left behind.
What is "The Lotus Eaters?"
200
Some critics believe that archetypes reveal this about human experience.
What is universal truth?
200
This the goddess to whom an epic poet directs an invocation (or prayer) at the beginning.
Who is the Muse?
200
This plant symbolizes the crew's lack of discipline and its danger to the ultimate goal of returning home.
What is the lotus?
300
This is the keeper of the winds, who gives Odysseus the sack of winds.
Who is Aeolus?
300
In this episode, Zeus "avenges the unoffending guest," and helps Odysseus escape.
What is "The Cyclops?"
300
The quest for home in The Odyssey is an example of this.
What is an archetypal plot type?
300
The following quote is an example of this literary device which uses a lengthy comparison to make a point.
""I drove my weight on it from above and bored it home like a shipwright bores his beam with a shipwright's drill that men below, whipping the strap back and forth, whirl and the drill keeps twisting, never stopping --So we seized our stake with it fiery tip and bored it round and round in the giant's eye.""
What is an epic simile?
300
This object symbolizes the cunning with which Penelope avoids addressing the suitors' proposal.
What is Laerte's burial shroud?
400
Who is the Greek leader who is tasked with bringing Helen, wife of Menelaus, home?
Who is Agamemnon?
400
Erebus is where Odysseus must travel before arriving in this location to meet Tiresias and honor Elpenor.
What is "The Land of the Dead" (or Hades)?
400
Regular occurrences of "magic numbers," such as sets of three wishes, seven dwarves, or twelve axe handles, are an example of what?
What is an archetypal pattern?
400
This is how one would describe the tone (attitude) the epic poet keeps to ensure emotional distance from the subject while keeping focus on the events of the story.
What is objective tone?
400
This object symbolizes Odysseus' superior strength as a warrior and rightful position as Penelope's husband.
What is the bow and string?
500
This is the swineherd, Odysseus' faithful friend.
Who is Eumaeus?
500
This is the specific action Tiresias warns Odysseus to prevent his men from committing on Thrinacia, Helios' island.
What is raiding the beeves? (Meddling with the cows.)
500
The sea as a representation of life in the Odyssey is an example of this.
What is an archetypal symbol?
500
This is the word for a characterizing phrase which is used for a person, place, or thing. I.e., "rosy-fingered dawn" or "son of Laertes."
What is epithet?
500
This ever-present natural force in the sailors' lives represents the journey and the uncontrollable obstacles humans face as they seek what they value most.