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Vocabulary
The God
Monsters
Odysseus
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What does assuage mean?
To calm or pacify.
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Who is Athena?
Athena is like Odysseus's protector.
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What happened to the cyclops?
Cyclops got stabbed in his eyes.
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How can you describe Odysseus?
He is brave, smart, loyal, strong.
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Who is the author of this book?
Homer
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What does foreboding mean?
A sense of approaching evil.
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Who is Poseidon?
Poseidon was the god of the sea.
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How does Scylla look like?
A six-headed monster with 6 necks. Also, has 12 dangling legs.
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How long was Odysseus away from Ithaca?
20 years
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Where do Helen and Melenaus live?
Sparta
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What does offing mean?
The part of the deep sea visible from the shore.
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Who is Calypso?
Calypso is the god who kept Odysseus for 7 years.
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What did the Circe do to the Odysseus' men?
She turned Odysseus' men to swine when they drank the sweet nectar she gave them.
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Odysseus left Penelope bound for what city?
Troy
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What plant makes the sailor forget their desire to return home?
Lotus
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Axlike tool with a curved blade.
What does adze mean?
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Who is the Hades?
Hades is the god of the underworld.
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Which sea monster sucks down the sea 3 times a day?
Charybdis
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Who was Odysseus's father?
Laertes
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How old is Telemachus at the start of the epic?
Early twenties
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What does fuddle and flush mean?
The state of confusion and redness of the face caused by drinking alcohol.
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Who is Hermes?
Hermes is messenger of the gods.
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What is Odysseus plan to escape from the Cyclops?
Odysseus and his men get the Cyclops drunk.
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What was Odysseus first challenge on his journey home?
The lotus-eater
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In about what year was the Odyssey written?
700 b.c.e