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Book 9
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Book 12
Book 21, 22, 23
Vocabulary
100
example: When the young Dawn with fingertips of rose came in the East...
What is an epithet
100
fair west wind and bag of ill wind (I also need a name)
What are the gifts that King Aeolus gave to Ody
100
warning given by Tiresias and Circe to Ody
What is "Don't eat Helios' immortal cattle!"
100
100 suitors
Who has taken over Penelope's household while Ody was away
100
regularly repeated group of lines in a poem or song
What is a refrain
200
the prequel to The Odyssey
What is The Iliad
200
1 ship and 45 crewmen
What is left of Ody's fleet after the attack of the bouder-throwing cannibals (Laestrygones)
200
Beeswax
What does Ody put in the ears of his crew so that they cannot hear the songs of the sirens.
200
string Ody's bow and shoot an arrow through 12 axe heads
What is the contest that Penelope devised to select a suitor as husband and king
200
travail
What is a painful effort
300
Achilles is known for his strength, but Odysseus is known for ________________
What is his guile
300
makes Odysseus immune to Circe's magic spells
What is the moly plant
300
Six heads, twelve legs and a triple row of teeth
Who is Scylla
300
Zeus thunders above
What omen occurs as Ody strings the bow
300
Mark Twain, Lemony Snicket...
What is a pseudonym
400
Polyphemus' father
Who is Poseidon
400
1 year
What is the length of time Odysseus and his men spent with Circe
400
a thunderbolt from Zeus
What is the penalty for eating Helios' cattle
400
Assists Ody and Telemachus in the battle
Who is Athena (Swineherd and Cowherd)
400
fictional tales used to explain the action of gods, heroes or phenomena
What are myths
500
men that eat flowers and lose their will
Who are the Lotus Eaters
500
to the underworld to meet with the shade Tiresias
Where does Ody go after leaving Circe's island and to find his way home to Ithaca
500
Row, Row, Row
What is the best strategy when encountering Scylla and Charybdis
500
Penelope threatens to have Ody's bed taken outside for him to sleep on although it is rooted to the ground
How does Penelope determine Ody's true identity
500
jumbo shrimp
What is an oxymoron