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The Odyssey
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What is an epic?
What is "a long narrative poem with an adventurous hero"?
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Who is Odysseus?
What is "the epic hero from the Odyssey"?
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Why do people not recognize Odysseus when he returns to Ithaca?
What is "disguised as a beggar"?
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Then, throwing his arms around this marvel of a father, Telemachus began to weep. Salt tears rose from the wells of longing in both men, and cries burst from both as keen and fluttering as those of the great taloned hawk, whose nestlings farmers take before they fly. What type of literary device is used in the passage above? Explain the purpose of the device.
What is a "Homeric Simile"? What is "used to compare the cries of both men to a hawk whose young have been stolen from the nest"?
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Who is Antinous?
What is "the leader of the suitors assembled in Odysseus's home and the first killed by Odysseus"?
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Who wrote Odyssey?
What is "the blind poet Homer"?
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What were Odysseus's weaknesses?
What is "pride and the love of women"?
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What is the difficult task that Penelope proposes to her suitors?
What is "stringing Odysseus's bow and shooting an arrow"?
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Dramatic irony refers to a situation in which readers or the audience knows more than the characters. Where in the scene in the swineherd's hut do we get a great sense of dramatic irony?
What is "the swineherd greeting Telemachus as a father would greet a son after a long absence, while the young man's real father, disguised as a beggar, looks on in silence"?
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What signs of approval do the gods give Odysseus?
What is "Zeus thunders; Athena's shield, a thundercloud appears; help from Apollos to shoot the arrow"?
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It is believed The Odyssey was written around what time?
What is "800 B.C."?
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Where is Odysseus's home?
What is "Ithaca"?
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Who joins Odysseus in his fight against the suitors?
What is "swineherd, cowherd, and Telemachus"?
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An epithet is an adjective or phrase used to characterize someone. What epithet best describes Penelope?
What is "faithfulness"?
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Who aids Odysseus in his battle with the suitors?
What is "Telemachus, the swineherd, and the cowherd"?
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The Odyssey is the sequel to _________ also attributed to Homer.
What is "the Illiad"?
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What is his wife's name?
What is "Penelope"?
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Who is Argos? How does Oysseus find him upon his return to Ithaca? What does he symbolize?
What is "Odysseus's dog"? What is "he is sitting in a pile of dung with flies all over his body? What is "loyalty"?
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An epithet is an adjective or phrase used to characterize someone.What epithet is used to characterize Odysseus here? "The noble and enduring man replied:"
What is "a noble and enduring man"?
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What is the secret of the marriage bed of Odysseus and Penelope?
What is "One bedpost is carved from the rooted stump of an olive tree"?
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The Odyssey begins after what war?
What is the "Trojan War"?
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What is his son's name?
What is "Telemachus"?
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How does Odysseus prove his identify to Penelope?
What is "tells her how he built their bed"?
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Why is Penelope's acceptance of the beggar as a suitor ironic?
What is "the suitor is already her husband"?
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What is a possible theme of The Odyssey by Homer?
What is "loyalty to family and friends, overcoming obstacles, and the relationship between humans and gods"?