A long narrative poem about a hero. The hero always exemplifies the values of his day.
What is an epic?
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Bag of wind.
What is God Aeolus' gift to Odysseus?
100
They make fun of him.
What is the suitors reaction to the beggar (Odysseus) picking up the bow?
100
Climax.
The fight between Odysseus and the suitors symbolizes which part of the plot? Exposition, rising action, climax, or resolution?
100
A long, more complex comparison than a normal simile.
What is an epic simile?
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A long journey.
What is the definition of an odyssey?
200
Land of the Dead.
Where does Circe tell Odysseus he must go?
200
Irony
When the beggar (Odysseus) examines the bow, one suitor comments "May his fortune grown an inch for every inch he bends it!" What literary device is this an example of?
200
Metaphor
What literary device is used in the following quote: Homer describes a suitor's fatal wound as a "river of mortal red."
200
Cyclops eating Odysseus' men.
What is the following epic simile describing?
"...he clutched at my companions and caught two in his hands like squirming puppies to beat their brains out, spattering the floor."
300
Athena
Who is Odysseus' divine guardian - the goddess who continues to help him throughout his adventure?
300
Scylla.
Which obstacle does Odysseus choose to face between Scylla and Charybdis?
300
The fate of the suitors.
When the bow is described as "spiked with coughing death" what does this foreshadow?
300
Caution.
What is Penelope's first reaction to Odysseus revealing his true identity?
300
Charbdis creating a whirlpool by vomiting.
What is the following epic simile describing:
"...all the sea was like a cauldron seething over intense fire, when the mixture suddenly heaves and rises..."
400
Foreshadowing
The Cyclops's curse is an example of which literary device?
400
True
True/False
When Odysseus tells Teiresias "my life runs on then as the gods have spun it" shows his acceptance of his fate.
400
Antinous.
Who hits Odysseus with a stool?
400
When Odysseus is angry that she moved their bed.
What makes Penelope eventually believe that Odysseus is who he says he is?
400
The stake that was used to blind the Cyclops.
What is the following epic simile describing?
"...I leaned on it turning it as a shipwright turns a drill in planking, having men below to swing the two-handled strap that spins it in the groove."
500
Lotus plant.
What is it that makes Odysseus' men feel drugged and lose sight of home?
500
To avoid the sirens.
Why does Odysseus plug his men's ears with wax?
500
With Odysseus and Telemachus armed and ready to take on the suitors.
How does Part III end?
500
Odysseus about Penelope.
Who says the following: "her heart is iron in her breast?" Who is being described?