English: Odyssey

Question 0

Poseidon

Answer 0

god of sea

Question 1

Zeus

Answer 1

ruler of gods on mt olympus

Question 2

Athena

Answer 2

goddess of wisdom, shares qualities of cleverness intelligence and wisdom with ody

Question 3

Hermes

Answer 3

messenger of gods

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Odysseus

Answer 4

king of ithaca

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Penelope

Answer 5

Odys wife

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Telemachus

Answer 6

Odys son

Question 7

Laertes

Answer 7

Odys father

Question 8

Eurycleia

Answer 8

Odys old nurse that recognizes his scar on his thigh

Question 9

Eumaes

Answer 9

odys faithful swineherd

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Mentor

Answer 10

odys friend, an ithacan noble

Question 11

Antinous

Answer 11

leader of penelopes suitors, first suitor killed by ody

Question 12

Eurymachus

Answer 12

another leading suitor

Question 13

Melanthius

Answer 13

disloyal goatherd of ody

Question 14

Melantho

Answer 14

Disloyal maidservant of penelope

Question 15

Menelaus

Answer 15

king of lacedaemon living at sparta

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Wandering of Odysseus

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1. raid on the cicones
2. adventures with the lotus eaters
3. adventure with polyphemus
4. visit with aeolus
5. attack by the laestrygonians
6. adventure with circe
7. descent into the underworld

Question 17

Elpenor

Answer 17

Odys shipmate

Question 18

Teiresias

Answer 18

blind prophet of thebes

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Achaea

Answer 19

ancient name for greece

Question 20

Agamemnon

Answer 20

commander in cheif of greek forces, often compared to Odys family situation

Question 21

Aigustus

Answer 21

cousin of agamemnon and menelaus, seduces clymenestra while agamemmnjn is away, murders agamemnon but killed by orestes

Question 22

Archetype

Answer 22

elemental pattern of myth and ritual wich reccurs in the legends and ceremonies of diverse cultured.

Question 23

Bard

Answer 23

singer of epic poetry

Question 24

Calypso

Answer 24

nymph or minor goddess who keeps ody captive on her island ogygya for seven years until the gods demand odys release

Question 25

Charybdis

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a very dangerous female monster who sucks up water and spits it out like a whirlpool

Question 26

Circe

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witch goddess, turns half of odys men into pigs and spends a year with ody

Question 27

Clytemnestra

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wife of Agamemnon, mother of orestes, half sister of Helen. takes agistius as her lover while agamemnon is away and helps kill him. killed by orestes son

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Cyclops

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son of Poseidon, one of a race of guantix brutes whoss island ody visits

Question 29

Epic hero

Answer 29

dominant character in epic quest, larger than life, having superman strength, character or intellect

Question 30

Epic Poetry

Answer 30

a long narrative poem in a great and serious subject, set in certain time snd place, told in elevated style, and centered on a heroic figure on whose action depend on fate of figure

Question 31

Epithet

Answer 31

any word or phrase applies to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality

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Formula

Answer 32

a grouo of words regularly used under the same metrical conditions to convey a particular idea

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Round/Dynamic character

Answer 33

character that changes

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Flat/Static Character

Answer 34

character that stays the same

Question 35

Hades

Answer 35

god who rules underworld

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Helen

Answer 36

daughter of Zeus, sister of Clytemnenstra, said to be the most beautiful women in the world

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In medias res

Answer 37

in the middle of the subject, typical opeing of an epic

Question 38

Ithaca

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home of Ody

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Kleos

Answer 39

glory or fame, especially as recalled after death, this us what epic gives its hero

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Metis

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wisdom, most common epithet for Ody

Question 41

Laustrygones

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monstrous cannibals who destroy 11 of Odys 12 ships

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Melanthius

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movkd and kicks the disguised Ody

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Muses

Answer 43

daughters of Zeus

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Nymphs

Answer 44

female personification of natural objects

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Nostos

Answer 45

return or homecomming

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Olympus

Answer 46

home of gods

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Quest

Answer 47

journey, test in which hero proves himself

Question 48

Sirens

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sea nymphs whose singing bothers sailors to an island with dead victims

Question 49

Skylla

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six head dragon like monstor who eats sailors

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Theme

Answer 50

like a motif, central idea to convey reader

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Types scenes

Answer 51

scenes repeated in epic

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Xenia

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guest-host relationship, protected by Zeus and involving a rsnge of reciprocal obligations on part of both parties

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Xenos

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a guest or foreignors

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What role do the gods play?

Answer 54

They tend to help when others (mainly Ody) when they need it

Question 55

Does Odysseus change?

Answer 55

No because he still lies to Penelope and still depends on the gods but he does becomes humble by asking Apollo to give him glory

Question 56

What ideas from greek society shows up in the book?

Answer 56

hospitality, pathos(persuading someone by a feeling)

Question 57

What roles do women play?

Answer 57

they tend to be the mentor(Athena) but also tend to be a love interest to Ody (Circe, Calypso, and Penelope), Ody also ignores his mother in the underworld