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Who's the God?
That's so EPIC!
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Vocabulary!
Who's that woman?
100
King of the Gods
Who is Zeus?
100
Long narrative poem.
What is an epic poem?
100
This monster is known for his eye.
What is Cyclops?
100
This word means to take by force.
What is plunder?
100
Beautiful, nymph goddess who keeps Odysseus on her island for 7 years.
Who is Calypso?
200
The Messenger God
Who is Hermes?
200
An epic poem
What is The Odyssey?
200
Charybdis (What is it)
What is the name of the large whirlpool?
200
This word means to calm or pacify.
What is Assuage?
200
Goddess who turns Odysseus' men into swine.
Who is Circe?
300
Homer gives an invocation to these goddesses before he begins the story.
Who are the muses?
300
Odysseus is an example of this type of hero.
What is an Epic Hero?
300
This monster has six heads.
What is Scylla?
300
This word means characterized by cunning or betrayal.
What is insidious?
300
Nymphs whose beautiful song lures sailors to their deaths.
Who are the Sirens?
400
God of the Sun.
Who is Helios?
400
He is the accepted composer of The Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
400
Circe warns Odysseys about these monsters.
Who are Scylla and Charybdis?
400
This word means to finish quickly.
What is dispatch?
400
Odysseus's wife
Who is Penelope?
500
Gave Odysseus winds to get back home to Ithaca.
Who is Aeolus?
500
3 characteristics of an epic poem.
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.
What is Polyphemus?
500
This word means deprived.
What is bereft?
500
She is the goddess of war and wisdom.
Who is Athena?