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Who's the God?
That's so EPIC!
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Vocabulary!
Who's the Goddess?
100
King of the Gods
Zeus
100
Define an epic.
long narrative poem
100
This monster is known for his eye.
Cyclops
100
This word means to take by force.
Plunder
100
She's the goddess of love.
Aphrodite
200
DAILY DOUBLE!! The Messenger God
Hermes
200
The Odyssey is an example of this.
epic poem
200
This monster is a giant whirlpool. Watch out!
Charybdis
200
This word means to calm or pacify.
Assuage
200
She is the goddess of the moon.
Artemis
300
God of music and doctors.
DAILY DOUBLE Apollo
300
Odysseus is an example of one.
Epic Hero
300
This monster has six heads.
Scylla
300
This word means characterized by cunning or betrayal.
insidious
300
She is the goddess of the hearth and home. (vestia)
Hestia
400
God of the Sun.
Helios
400
He is the accepted composer of The Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
400
This monster was cursed by Aphrodite to turn those who look at her into stone.
Medusa
400
This word means to finish quickly.
DAILY DOUBLE! dispatch
400
She is the goddess of the Earth and mother of Persephone.
Demeter
500
God of Wine and Merrymaking
Dionysus
500
These are the characteristics of an epic poem.
FINAL JEOPARDY! What is 1) Begins in media res (in the middle of) 2) Begins with an invocation to the muse. 3) The hero is important and well-respected. 4) He goes on a journey to find something that is important to him or his people. 5) There is divine intervention by the gods. 6) The hero journeys to the underworld or experiences a symbolic death.
500
This is the name of the Cyclops.
Polyphemus
500
This word means deprived.
bereft
500
She is the goddess of war and wisdom.
Athena