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Odysseus
Gods and Goddesses
Monsters and Immortals
Vocabulary
Epic Terms
100
This is the epic hero and protagonist of this epic
Who is Odysseus?
100
This god is angry with Odysseus for blinding his son.
Who is Poseidon?
100
This type of monster trapped Odysseus in his cave and ate six of his men.
What is a cyclops?
100
This vocabulary word means "enormous."
What is mammoth?
100
This is a long narrative poem about the journey of a hero.
What is an epic?
200
This is Odysseus's father.
Who is Laertes?
200
This god is the "king of the gods."
Who is Zeus?
200
The name of the cyclops.
What is Polyphemus?
200
This vocabulary word means "finished quickly."
What is dispatched?
200
This is a nonhuman or semi-human character who threatens the hero and must be defeated.
What is a monster?
300
This is the city of which Odysseus is king.
What is Ithaca?
300
He is the sun god, and he loves his cattle.
Who is Helios?
300
This blind prophet told Odysseus to avoid harming the cattle of the sun god.
Who is Tiresias?
300
This vocabulary word means "took goods by force."
What is plundered?
300
This is a clever character who is able to fool others.
What is a trickster?
400
This is Odysseus's son, who was left by his father when he was very young.
Who is Telemachus?
400
This goddess turned Odysseus's men into swine.
Who is Circe?
400
This whirlpool, located near the six-headed monster, was compared to a cauldron, steaming and spewing water.
What is Charybdis?
400
This vocabulary word means "passion" or "enthusiasm."
What is ardor?
400
This is a scene that interrupts the sequence of events in a narrative to tell about something that happened previously.
What is a flashback?
500
This is the war for which Odysseus left his home.
What is the Trojan War?
500
This goddess kept Odysseus on her island as her "love slave" for several years, until he was finally let go and sailed to Phaeacia.
Who is Calypso?
500
This six-headed monster ate six of Odysseus's men.
Who is Scylla?
500
This vocabulary word means "to calm; pacify"
What is assuage?
500
The way in which this story was passed down.
What is orally?