Odyssey Midterm Words to Know

Question 1

“The face that launched a thousand ships”

Answer 1

Faustus says this about Helen (Aphrodite)

Question 2

Golden Apple

Answer 2

element that appears in various national & ethnic folk legends of fairy tales

Question 3

Trojan Horse

Answer 3

a hollow wooden statue of a horse in which the Greeks concealed themselves in order to enter Troy

Question 4

Allusion

Answer 4

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference

Question 5

Oral Tradition

Answer 5

form of human communication wherein knowledge, art, ideas & cultural material is received, preserved & transmitted orally from one generation to another

Question 6

Epic Poem

Answer 6

wicked long; tells story of a hero’s journey, includes lots of repetition because told out loud

Question 7

Epic Hero

Answer 7

protagonist; Odysseus (hero of Odyssey)

Question 8

“in media es”

Answer 8

start in the middle of actions to catch reader’s attention

Question 9

Epithet

Answer 9

repeated descriptions of people/places/things

Question 10

Hubris

Answer 10

excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis

Question 11

Invocation

Answer 11

help from the muse

Question 12

Troy

Answer 12

Trojan War

Question 13

Homer

Answer 13

author of The Iliad & The Odyssey; blind poet

Question 14

Odysseus

Answer 14

skilled in contending (fighting)

Question 15

Poseidon

Answer 15

God of the Sea

Question 16

Penelope

Answer 16

Wife of Odysseus

Question 17

Athena

Answer 17

goddess of wisdom

Question 18

Telemachus

Answer 18

son of Odysseus