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Odyssesy Books 1 To 4 Flashcards

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1
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Epic Simile

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An extended using “like or as” to make a detailed comparison between two things that are not alike

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Metaphor

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Comparison between two things that have one characteristic common between them

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3
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En Media Res

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In the middle of action

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4
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Guile

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Trickery, cunning

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5
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Divine Intervention

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Gods intervene to help or hurt

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Foil

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Character who directly contrasts the traits or qualities of another character, usually the protagonist

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Hospitality

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Friendly reception to a quest or strangers

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Foreshadowing

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Giving the reader a hint of something that is going to happen with ought revealing the story

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Direct characterization

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Tells the audience what the personality of the character is

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Indirect Characterization

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When the narrator shows the reader something about the character’s actions, things the character says, or things other characters say

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Elements of an Epic Poem

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  • the epic hero is known in his time
  • adventures of superhuman strength and valor
  • multiple settings
  • involvement of the supernatural
  • epic style of writing
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12
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Orestes

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Son of Agamemnon , kills mother and her lover

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Athena

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God of wisdom

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Penelope

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Wife of Odysseus

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Laertes’ shroud

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The shroud that Penelope makes then takes apart (guile, loyalty , hope)

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Odysseus

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Father of Telemekhos, King of Ithaka, skilled always of contending

17
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Agamemnon

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Father of Orestes

18
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Aigisthos

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Klytamenstra’s lover, kills Agamemnon, killed by Orestes

19
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Menalaos

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King of Sparta, Helens husband

20
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Omen of the Eaglez

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Zeus sends down eagles to rip apart the suitors

21
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Nestor

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King of Sandy Pylos

22
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Antinoos

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Suitor(Leader), Foil of Telemekhos (bad guy, good guy)

23
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Klytamenstra

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Agamemnon’s wife, queen of Greece

24
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Zeus

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Father of God’s

25
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Telemekhos

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Son of Odysseus, Penelope’s son

26
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Epithet

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A descriptive device that is added to a person or place’s regular name, attributing some special quality

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