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

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Heroic

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How does the Odyssey open?

To whom?

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An invocation

Muse

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What was the worst kind of death for Greeks?

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Being lost at sea

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What does Odysseus say he is famous for?

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Cunning; clever

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Who is a goddess with human desires? She loves Odysseus

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Calypso

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Who are the inhabitants on Ismarus?

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Cicones

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The __ shows how close the shipmates must have been

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Grief

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Odysseus runs into a storm and __

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Must seek refuge

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

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10

Lotus Eaters

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

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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?

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

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Where did souls not go?

Where do they go?

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Neither heaven nor hell

To the underworld

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Greek belief = no __ but no __

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Punishment

Reward

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Odysseus promises __ a proper burial

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Elpenor

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What does Tiresias tell Odysseus?

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That Poseidon is mad at him for blinding his son

That men are trying to court his wife back home

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Tiresias predicts that __

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Only Odysseus will make it home

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What does Tiresias recommend to Odysseus?

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That he makes a large sacrifice to Poseidon

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

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Mast

Sirens

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Odysseus __ men

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Rallies

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How many men are lost at sea?

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6

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

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Guilty

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What does Tiresias warn Odysseus about?

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To not touch Helios’s cattle

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Eurylochus persuades men into __

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Eating and killing the cattle

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

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Betrayed him and ate the cattle

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What does Zeus do as a result of them eating the cattle?
He throws a lightning bolt across the ship as they sailed
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How is the ship wrecked? | When leaving Helios's island
A storm caused by Zeus
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Odysseus floats to where after the ship is wrecked from leaving Helios's island?
Calypso's Island
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Of the 10 years, how many are spent with Calypso?
7
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Who is Scylla?
Sea Monster with 6 heads
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Who is Charybdis?
Giant Whirlpool
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Why does Odysseus not like the Cyclopes?
They are uncivilized
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Compared to the cyclops, what does this say about Greek society?
Value a law abiding culture | Practiced agriculture
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Odysseus and __ men enter the cave
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What do Odysseus's men want to do once they enter the cave? | 2 things
Steal food | Let sheep loose
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How does Odysseus respond? (To what the men want to do once they enter the cave)
Odysseus says no because he wants to see the Cyclops
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__ leads Odysseus to disregard his better judgement
Curiosity
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What doe Odysseus warn to the Cyclops?
That Zeus does not take friendly to those who are rude to travelers
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Odysseus is famous for __ in peace and __
Guile | War
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They spent __ days and night on the Island of the Lotus Eaters
2
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The shipmates are really close because __
They go through war, anxiety, and everything with each other
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How many men does the Cyclops eat?
6
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How did the Cyclops treat the Greeks? The animals?
Poorly | Nicely
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Cyclops do not believe in __ | 2 things
Hospitality + the gods
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What is the escape plan for getting out of the cave?
They tie themselves under the bellies of the sheep
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As they get into the boat and leave the Cyclops's island, what does Odysseus do?
He taunts the Cyclops
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The gloomy storms and seas represent __ | Leaving the Cyclops's island
The danger of the event
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How long did it take Odysseus to get home?
20 years
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Odysseus sails for __ days and lands in the island of the __ (cannibals)
7 | Laestrygonians
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Who protected Odysseus with a special herb?
Hermes
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How long does Odysseus stay with Circe?
1 year
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When is there only 1 ship?
After the Laestryogians
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Elysium = ?
Heaven
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When do all the men get killed?
When Zeus casts the lightning bolt
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Who is Elpanor?
One of Odysseus's soldiers who got drunk and fell off the roof
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Tiresias = ?
A prophet
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Where does Circe tell Odysseus to go?
Hades
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Odysseus stays with whom?
Tiresias
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Odysseus puts __ in the sailors ears so they don't ear the __
Wax | Sirens
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Tying Odysseus to the mast is an example of what?
Self restrain
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What does Odysseus tell his men when they are going through Scylla?
Row as hard as you can
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Odysseus is comparing Scylla whisking his men to __
A fisherman hooking a fishing and ripping it through the air
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Who put Odysseus to sleep when they were on the island of the sun god?
The gods
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Eurymachus does what?
Tried to bargain with Odysseus | We'll pay for your wine and food if you don't kill us
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When he arrives in Ithaca he looks like __
A beggar
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Who warns Odysseus when he gets back to Ithaca?
Athena
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Telemachus journeys to Sparta to __
Learn about his father
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Telemachus starts to cry, and what is Odysseus's reply?
Prince's don't show emotion
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What does Odysseus warn to Telemachus?
Not to reveal that Odysseus is a beggar
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Eumaeus = ?
Swine herder
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Atintous throws a __ at Odysseus
Stool
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Penelope feels bad for Odysseus and asks the "beggar" if he knows anything about whom?
Odysseus
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What does Penelope propose?
If you can string Odysseus's bow and throw it through 12 axe handles sockets, I'll marry you
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How long do Penelope hold off the suitors?
3 years
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What does Penelope do to hold the suitors off?
She ties a shroud for her dead husband every night and then unties it every night
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Shoots Atinous in the __
Head
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What did they do at the end? (The very very end)
They went off to live in a peaceful place until old age
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Odysseus built the bed around __
an old trunk of an olive tree
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What location is Eurolochus killed?
Stomach
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What does the Cyclops do when his eye was struck?
He calls out to the other Cyclops
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What does Odysseus say is his name? (To the Cyclops)
Nobody
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Why would Odysseus say that that is his name?
So the Cyclops would say that "Nobody" harmed him
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What does the Cyclops do as Odysseus taunts him?
Throws boulders at the ship
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Due to __, what mistake does Odysseus make as they are sailing away? (Cyclops)
Pride | Reveals his name
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Who also removes Odysseus disguise? | Who is shocked to see Odysseus and thinks it's a trick?
Athena | Telemachus
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What is the dog's name?
Argus
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What happens when the dog sees Odysseus?
It dies
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Penelope waited __ years for Odysseus
20
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Odysseus fooled around with __ = __
Calypso | Double Standard
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Who does Odysseus kill first?
Atinous
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Odysseus, Telemachus, and __ kill all the __
Eumaeus | Suitors
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Archetype = ?
An element that recurs throughout the literature of different cultures
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Describes the actions of gods or heroes or explains the origins of elements of nature (Type of literary form)
Myth
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Heroics, adventure, magic, or romance | Simple formula
Folk Tale
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Recounts the adventures of a hero from the past
Legend
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Long narrative poem | Combines features of myths and legends
Epic
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Alcinous = ?
King of the Phaecians | To whom Odysseus tells his story
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Agamemnon = ?
King and leader of Greek forces
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Who is Odysseus's father?
Laertes
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Who is the housekeeper for Penelope?
Eurynome
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Who is the blind prophet who advised Odysseus?
Tiresias

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