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Who is Odysseus

A

son of Laertes/protagonist/epic hero of story

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Who is Penelope

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Wife of Odysseus

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Who is Telemachus

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Loyal son of Odysseus

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Who is Laertes

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Father of Odysseus/lives on a farm

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Who is Eurycleia

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Head maid of house/very loyal

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Who is Anticleia

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Mother of Odysseus/lives in the underworld

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Who is Eurylochus

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One of Odysseus men he travels with/dies in a storm

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Who is Eumaeus

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Odysseus’ very loyal swineherd (person who tends pigs)

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Who is Antinous

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Sarcastic suitor- talks back to Telemachus, Odysseus shoots him with a bow and arrow when he returns home- leader of the suitors

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Who is Eurymachus

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One of the suitors who bagged Odysseus when he came home to not kill them all

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Who is Amphinomus

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Another suitor who Telemachus kills upon Odysseus return

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Who is Zeus

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King of all the gods and goddesses

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Who is Poseidon

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God of the sea and earthquake/doesn’t want Odysseus to get home

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Who is Athena

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Goddess who helps Telemachus find Odysseus- daughter of Zeus

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Who is Mentes

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an old friend of Odysseus. Athena disguises herself as Mentes in order to talk to Telemachus in front of the suitors in Book 1.

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Who is Hermes

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God of trade, wealth, and luck

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Who is Persephone

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Goddess of spring, queen of the underworld

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Who is Calypso

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Odysseus is stuck on this Island with her and held captive for 7 years in book 5

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Who is Polyphemus

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The Cyclops that Odysseus blinded in book 9

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Who is Ino

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Gives Odysseus a magic scarf that keeps him a float when he reaches the first island in book 5

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Who is Circe

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Lives on Aeaea and turn Odysseus men into pigs

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Who is Tiresias

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A dead prophet who is blind- Odysseus is sent to the underworld by Circes to talk to Tiresias

23
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What are Sirens

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Blackbirds with female heads that tempt the men with a song- use beeswax to not hear the song

24
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Who is Scylla

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6 headed monster that Odysseus chooses to go through instead of Charybdis

25
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Who is Charybdis

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Big whirlpool that Odysseus has to choose to not go through after talking to Circes

26
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Ithaca

A

Where they live

27
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Troy

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Where the battle took place

28
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Ogygia Island

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The island that Odysseus is held captive on for 7 years

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Sicily

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island where Polyphemus lives

30
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Aeaea

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island where Circes lives and turns Odysseus’ men into pig

31
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House of Death/Underworld

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Where Persephone lives and where Circes says Odysseus has to go on a final journey home

32
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Thrinacia

A

the island home of the Cattle of Helios

33
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Epic poem

A

Long narrative poems that tell the adventure of heroes who in some way embody the values of their civilization

34
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The Odyssey is that modle for a…….

A

Long journey

35
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Why were epic poems improvised on the spot

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They were often told by people who couldn’t read or write

36
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What are the characteristics of epic heroes

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Protagonist, big deeds considered impossible by humans, travelers, warriors, battles foes

37
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Who is Homer

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“The educator of all Greece” Thought to be a group of people, birth and time period are unknown, thought to be blind poet named Demodokos

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The Iliad

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Prequel for the Odyssey, 10 year Trojan War, Trojan horse/battle strategy

39
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Where does the Odyssey start

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“en middle res” in the middle of the story with his son Telemachus (20) who wants to marry his mother and is stuck in his home with suitors/wants his fathers support, 20 years without his father so far

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Where do the gods and goddess live

A

Mount Olympus

41
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What is a demi-god

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One parent was god other was a mortal

42
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What are Achaeans

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collective name for all Greek people, including citizens of Ithaca

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Timeline of Odyssey

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1-8 start in the middle about one month before he returns home. 9-12 starts after Troy when all his men are still alive and leaving Troy. 13-24 start his homecoming on his own

44
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What is xenia

A

hospitality

45
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What is didactic

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Lessons taught to Odysseus

46
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What is hubris

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Self-confidence (The Cyclops’ island)

47
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epic simile

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detailed comparison in many lines length

48
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epic catalog

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A list of people or things (book 11-person after person comes to visit him in the underworld)

49
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virtue/vice

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good/bad traits

50
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What is an archetype

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deep and complex recurring patterns that exist in mythology cultural story (stereotypes are flat) (setting = forest-dark/scary, character = villains, plot = heroes journey)

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