Odyssey Background Notes - Hafner - English 1 Flashcards
1
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Credit for the work is given to
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Homer
2
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Epic Poem
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Very long poem that follows the Hero’s Journey
3
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Epic Hero
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Protagonist in an epic poem
4
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Epic Hero in the Odyssey
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Odysseus
5
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Odyssey picks up after
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The Illiad
6
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Ex Dues Machina
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Divine intervention
7
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Epithat
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A descriptive word or phrase added to someone’s name
8
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The Illiad covers
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Odysseus’ call to arms and the Trojan War. The events prior to the Odyssey
9
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Odyssey focuses on
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Odysseus’ journey back to Ithaca and arrival home
10
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The events in the story
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Do not follow a linear model
11
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Narration
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Shifts, POV shifts
12
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Most of the plot is revealed when
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Odysseus is telling his story to Arete & Alacous
13
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Odysseus
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King of Ithaca
14
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Penelope
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Queen of Ithaca
15
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Telemachus
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Odysseus’ son
