Facts About The Odyssey
Literary Terms/Themes/Symbols
Characters
Story
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Who wrote the odyssey
homer
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what is a epic simile
Figure of speech were two things are being compared using like or as
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who was Odysseus's wife in the story
Penelope
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How long did odysseys's trip take
10 years
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Polyphemus is son of who
Poseidon
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Free Points
Free Points
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The Odyssey is considered a what
Epic
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The cyclopes's name was
Polyphemus
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Which goddess helps Odysseus
Athena
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Athena is Goddess of what
wisdom, purposeful battle, and the womanly arts.
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How long did it take Odysseus to get back home
20 years
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A Theme of the story is The Pitfalls of Temptation True or false
True
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Odysseus's sons name was
Telemachus
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Odysseus is trapped on Calypso's island for how long
7 years
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Odysseus’s father is
Laertes
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When does the odyssey take place
around 12 century b.c.e. or bronze age
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Name a disguise used by wither a god/goddess or a human
Athena, Circe, Odysseus
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The beautiful nymph who falls in love with Odysseus is
Calypso
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Odysseus’s blinds what Cyclopes
Polyphemus
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Odysseus's homeland is
kingdom in Ithaca
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What is Odysseus other name in the book
nobody
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A theme in the story is The Power of Strength over Cunning True or false
False
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Wife of Menelaus and queen of Sparta was
Helen
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Odysseus’s great test to prove to Penelope was what
string the bow and fire it through 12 axes
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Who is Tiresias
A Theban prophet who inhabits the underworld. Tiresias meets Odysseus when Odysseus journeys to the underworld in Book 11. He shows Odysseus how to get back to Ithaca and allows Odysseus to communicate with the other souls in Hades