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___________, strong hero of _____________ importance.
What are "physically" and "national" or "historic"?
100
Historians and entertainers of ancient Greece
What are "rhapsodes"?
100
King to whom Odysseus tells his story
Who is "Alcinous"?
100
One-eyed giant blinded by Odysseus
Who is Polyphemus?
100
give generously
What is "lavish"?
200
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______ setting that can span an entire world and even other worlds
What is "vast"?
200
beginning of story where poet asks for assistance
What is "invocation"?
200
Goddess/nymph who keeps Odysseus on her island for seven years
Who is "Calypso"?
200
Blind prophet who warns Odysseus to not bother the cattle of Helios
Who is Teiresias?
200
commotion, uproar
What is "tumult"?
300
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a __________ taken in search of something of _____
What are "quest" and "value"?
300
An example is "valiant Odysseus"
What is "epithet"?
300
Monster who sucks in water three times a day to create whirlpools
What is "Charybdis"?
300
Swineherd and loyal servant to Odysseus
Who is Eumaeus?
300
honestly, frankness
What is "candor"?
400
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Begins ____ ________ ____, often with the hero at a low point
What is "in medias res"?
400
Example: "None would attack . . .but switching their long tails they faced our men like hounds, who look up when their master comes with tidbits for them"
What is "Homeric simile"?
400
People whose land was plundered and women enslaved by Odysseus's crew
What is "Cicones"?
400
Odysseus's son
Who is Telemachus?
400
unfriendly, at a distance
What is "aloof"?
500
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____________________ of the hero at the end
What is "glorification"?
500
The Odyssey is this type of epic
What is a "journey epic"?
500
People who fed men plants to make them forget their homeland