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Odyssey Final Exam Review Flashcards

0
Q

Odysseus fought to bring shipmates home - this shows what quality?

A

Heroic

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How does the Odyssey open?

To whom?

A

An invocation

Muse

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What was the worst kind of death for Greeks?

A

Being lost at sea

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3
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What does Odysseus say he is famous for?

A

Cunning; clever

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4
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Who is a goddess with human desires? She loves Odysseus

A

Calypso

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5
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Who are the inhabitants on Ismarus?

A

Cicones

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The __ shows how close the shipmates must have been

A

Grief

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7
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Odysseus runs into a storm and __

A

Must seek refuge

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After __ days of sailing, the men arrive at the island of the __
They offer the men lotus

A

10

Lotus Eaters

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What happens to the sailors after arriving at the Island of the Lotus Eaters?

A

They become so addicted to the lotus, that they forget about their journey home

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What does Odysseus do when his men forget about going home?

A

Drags them back to the boat + forbids them from eating anymore lotus

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11
Q

Where did souls not go?

Where do they go?

A

Neither heaven nor hell

To the underworld

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12
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Greek belief = no __ but no __

A

Punishment

Reward

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13
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Odysseus promises __ a proper burial

A

Elpenor

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14
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What does Tiresias tell Odysseus?

A

That Poseidon is mad at him for blinding his son

That men are trying to court his wife back home

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15
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Tiresias predicts that __

A

Only Odysseus will make it home

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16
Q

What does Tiresias recommend to Odysseus?

A

That he makes a large sacrifice to Poseidon

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17
Q

Odysseus asks his shipmates to tie him to the __ so he is not enticed by the __

A

Mast

Sirens

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18
Q

Odysseus __ men

A

Rallies

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19
Q

How many men are lost at sea?

A

6

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20
Q

How does Odysseus fell about this? (That the certain number of people were lost at sea)

A

Guilty

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21
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What does Tiresias warn Odysseus about?

A

To not touch Helios’s cattle

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22
Q

Eurylochus persuades men into __

A

Eating and killing the cattle

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23
Q

Odysseus takes a nap, and when he wakes up he realizes his men __
(On Helios’s island)

A

Betrayed him and ate the cattle

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24
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What does Zeus do as a result of them eating the cattle?

A

He throws a lightning bolt across the ship as they sailed

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25
Q

How is the ship wrecked?

When leaving Helios’s island

A

A storm caused by Zeus

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26
Q

Odysseus floats to where after the ship is wrecked from leaving Helios’s island?

A

Calypso’s Island

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27
Q

Of the 10 years, how many are spent with Calypso?

A

7

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28
Q

Who is Scylla?

A

Sea Monster with 6 heads

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29
Q

Who is Charybdis?

A

Giant Whirlpool

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30
Q

Why does Odysseus not like the Cyclopes?

A

They are uncivilized

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31
Q

Compared to the cyclops, what does this say about Greek society?

A

Value a law abiding culture

Practiced agriculture

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32
Q

Odysseus and __ men enter the cave

A

12

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33
Q

What do Odysseus’s men want to do once they enter the cave?

2 things

A

Steal food

Let sheep loose

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34
Q

How does Odysseus respond? (To what the men want to do once they enter the cave)

A

Odysseus says no because he wants to see the Cyclops

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35
Q

__ leads Odysseus to disregard his better judgement

A

Curiosity

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36
Q

What doe Odysseus warn to the Cyclops?

A

That Zeus does not take friendly to those who are rude to travelers

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37
Q

Odysseus is famous for __ in peace and __

A

Guile

War

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38
Q

They spent __ days and night on the Island of the Lotus Eaters

A

2

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39
Q

The shipmates are really close because __

A

They go through war, anxiety, and everything with each other

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40
Q

How many men does the Cyclops eat?

41
Q

How did the Cyclops treat the Greeks? The animals?

A

Poorly

Nicely

42
Q

Cyclops do not believe in __

2 things

A

Hospitality + the gods

43
Q

What is the escape plan for getting out of the cave?

A

They tie themselves under the bellies of the sheep

44
Q

As they get into the boat and leave the Cyclops’s island, what does Odysseus do?

A

He taunts the Cyclops

45
Q

The gloomy storms and seas represent __

Leaving the Cyclops’s island

A

The danger of the event

46
Q

How long did it take Odysseus to get home?

47
Q

Odysseus sails for __ days and lands in the island of the __ (cannibals)

A

7

Laestrygonians

48
Q

Who protected Odysseus with a special herb?

49
Q

How long does Odysseus stay with Circe?

50
Q

When is there only 1 ship?

A

After the Laestryogians

51
Q

Elysium = ?

52
Q

When do all the men get killed?

A

When Zeus casts the lightning bolt

53
Q

Who is Elpanor?

A

One of Odysseus’s soldiers who got drunk and fell off the roof

54
Q

Tiresias = ?

55
Q

Where does Circe tell Odysseus to go?

56
Q

Odysseus stays with whom?

57
Q

Odysseus puts __ in the sailors ears so they don’t ear the __

A

Wax

Sirens

58
Q

Tying Odysseus to the mast is an example of what?

A

Self restrain

59
Q

What does Odysseus tell his men when they are going through Scylla?

A

Row as hard as you can

60
Q

Odysseus is comparing Scylla whisking his men to __

A

A fisherman hooking a fishing and ripping it through the air

61
Q

Who put Odysseus to sleep when they were on the island of the sun god?

62
Q

Eurymachus does what?

A

Tried to bargain with Odysseus

We’ll pay for your wine and food if you don’t kill us

63
Q

When he arrives in Ithaca he looks like __

64
Q

Who warns Odysseus when he gets back to Ithaca?

65
Q

Telemachus journeys to Sparta to __

A

Learn about his father

66
Q

Telemachus starts to cry, and what is Odysseus’s reply?

A

Prince’s don’t show emotion

67
Q

What does Odysseus warn to Telemachus?

A

Not to reveal that Odysseus is a beggar

68
Q

Eumaeus = ?

A

Swine herder

69
Q

Atintous throws a __ at Odysseus

70
Q

Penelope feels bad for Odysseus and asks the “beggar” if he knows anything about whom?

71
Q

What does Penelope propose?

A

If you can string Odysseus’s bow and throw it through 12 axe handles sockets, I’ll marry you

72
Q

How long do Penelope hold off the suitors?

73
Q

What does Penelope do to hold the suitors off?

A

She ties a shroud for her dead husband every night and then unties it every night

74
Q

Shoots Atinous in the __

75
Q

What did they do at the end? (The very very end)

A

They went off to live in a peaceful place until old age

76
Q

Odysseus built the bed around __

A

an old trunk of an olive tree

77
Q

What location is Eurolochus killed?

78
Q

What does the Cyclops do when his eye was struck?

A

He calls out to the other Cyclops

79
Q

What does Odysseus say is his name? (To the Cyclops)

80
Q

Why would Odysseus say that that is his name?

A

So the Cyclops would say that “Nobody” harmed him

81
Q

What does the Cyclops do as Odysseus taunts him?

A

Throws boulders at the ship

82
Q

Due to __, what mistake does Odysseus make as they are sailing away? (Cyclops)

A

Pride

Reveals his name

83
Q

Who also removes Odysseus disguise?

Who is shocked to see Odysseus and thinks it’s a trick?

A

Athena

Telemachus

84
Q

What is the dog’s name?

85
Q

What happens when the dog sees Odysseus?

86
Q

Penelope waited __ years for Odysseus

87
Q

Odysseus fooled around with __ = __

A

Calypso

Double Standard

88
Q

Who does Odysseus kill first?

89
Q

Odysseus, Telemachus, and __ kill all the __

A

Eumaeus

Suitors

90
Q

Archetype = ?

A

An element that recurs throughout the literature of different cultures

91
Q

Describes the actions of gods or heroes or explains the origins of elements of nature
(Type of literary form)

92
Q

Heroics, adventure, magic, or romance

Simple formula

93
Q

Recounts the adventures of a hero from the past

94
Q

Long narrative poem

Combines features of myths and legends

95
Q

Alcinous = ?

A

King of the Phaecians

To whom Odysseus tells his story

96
Q

Agamemnon = ?

A

King and leader of Greek forces

97
Q

Who is Odysseus’s father?

98
Q

Who is the housekeeper for Penelope?

99
Q

Who is the blind prophet who advised Odysseus?

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