Lessons 11-13 Review Flashcards
king of Ithaca; reluctant hero of the Trojan War
Odysseus
son of Odysseus
Telemachus
race of one-eyed giants
Cyclops
god of the winds
Aeolus
Odysseus’ captain
Eurylochus
sorceress; turned men into animals
Circe
monster of the Strait of Messina; deadly whirlpool
Scylla and Charybdis
sea nymph; cared for Odysseus for seven years
Calypso
island princess; found Odysseus on the shore
Nausicaa
wife of Odysseus
Penelope
“I care nothing for gods! But as for men, let me show you how much I like them! “
Cyclops
“Loose me! Loose me! I must go nearer that music!”
Odysseus
fruit of a small tree
lotus
a sudden, brief, violent windstorm
squall
long adventurous voyage
odyssey
Identify the starred location on the map.
Sicily
descendants of Hercules; conquered southern Greece
Spartans
conquered people forced into serfdom by the Spartans
Helots
prince of Sparta; reformed the laws
Lycurgus
“Bring up this child for Sparta.”
order of Sparta
“Come back with this or upon this.”
saying of Spartan mothers
“Sparta’s citizens are her walls.”
Lycurgus
government by a few persons or families
oligarchy
throwing spears
javelins
to recoil involuntarily, from surprise or pain
flinch
weak and soft in attitude and behavior
effeminate
unemployed and lazy persons
idlers
Identify the starred location on the map.
Sparta
frugal and self-disciplined
spartan
began the reform of the laws of Athens
Draco
further reformed the laws of Athens
Solon
ruling magistrate of Athens
archon
rich king of Lydia
Croesus
“Who is the happiest man you have ever known?”
Croesus
“When I hear whether or not your life has ended nobly, then I shall know whether or not you were really happy.”
Solon
members of a city legislature
alderman
Identify the starred location on the map.
Athens
Identify the starred location on the map.
Asia Minor
