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Odyssey Study Guide Flashcards

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1
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Odysseus’ home

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Ithica

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The phaeacian king who hosts Odysseus

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Alcinous

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The only god that didnt pity odysseus

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Poseidon

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The cyclops find it by odysseus

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Polyphemus

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The messenger of the gods also known as the giant killer

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Hermes

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The flower fruit that can make men forget their home

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Lotus

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7
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Father of Odysseus

A

Laertes

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Prominent suitor who is the arch-enemy of telemachus

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Eurymachus

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9
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Inprisionsd odysseus’s men in a pigsty before becoming his lover

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Arce

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10
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Member of Odysseus’s crew who is encountered in the underworld

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Elpenor

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11
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Young daughter of alcinous who is tall and beautiful as a goddess

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Nausicaa

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12
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Sucked down salt water exposing her interior vortex then vomited it up seething over like a cauldron over a blazing fire

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Charybdis

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13
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Odysseus had to be tied down to listen to their songs

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Sirens

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14
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The god whose cattle was consumed by odysseus’ crew

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Hyperion

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Giants who pelted rocks down on the ships of Odysseus’ expedition

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Laestrygonians

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16
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Person who claimed responsibility for the cyclops’ suffering

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Nohbdy

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17
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Where Odysseus’ journey home began

A

Troy

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18
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Nymph, envied by the gods for living with a mortal, who delays Odysseus for seven years

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Calypso

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19
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The kind animal cared for by Eumaeus

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Pig

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Herb with black roots and white blossom given to Odysseus by hermes

A

Moly

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21
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Goddess who protects and helps Odysseus

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Athene

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22
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Creature with a dreadful bark, twelve feet, six scrawny necks and triple rows if fangs

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Scylla

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23
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Father if zeus

A

Cronus

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24
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King of pylos; the Gerenian Charioteer visited by Telemachus

A

Nestor

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25
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Wife of Odysseus

A

Penelope

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26
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Husband of helen and host of Telemachus

A

Menelaus

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27
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Blind Theban prophet from whim Odysseus sought advice in hades

A

Teiresias

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28
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Gave Odysseus a leather bag containing the boisterous energies of wind

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Aeolus

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29
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Beautiful wife of Menelaus

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Helen

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30
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Relationship of Telemachus to Odysseus

A

Son

31
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God who is cuckolded by his wife Aphrodite and Ares

A

Hephaestus

32
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The people who were raided during Odysseus’ first stop on his return from the war

A

Cicones

33
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Whom does Homer ask for help in telling his tale?

A

The muse

34
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How long has Odysseus been gone?

A

20 years

35
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What is Odysseus doing when we first meet him?

A

Telling his tale

36
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Which god is most against Odysseus

A

Poseidon

37
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Who is thw goddess that helps Odysseus?

A

Athena

38
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Which god is sent to twll Calypso to release Odysseus?

A

Hermes

39
Q

Where does Odysseus go after leaving Clypso?

A

Phaecians

40
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Who is the king if the Phaecians?

A

Alcinous

41
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What happens to the ken who ate the lotus?

A

They loose track if time and the desire to go home

42
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Why does Odysseus call himself Nohbdy?

A

To trick the cyclops

43
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What is the cyclops’s name?

A

Polyphemus

44
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Who is the father of the Cyclopes?

A

Poseidon

45
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Where does Circe live?

A

Aeaea

46
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What does circe turn Odysseus’s into?

A

Animals

47
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What does Hermes give Odysseus to protect him from Circe?

A

Magic Herbs

48
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Whom does Odysseus seek in the underworld?

A

Tiresias

49
Q

What are the sirens?

A

Deadly mermaids who sing sailers to their death

50
Q

How do the men face and overcome the Sirens’ songs?

A

Put wax in their ears and tie Odysseus up

51
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What is the Charybdis?

A

Big monster

52
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What is Scylla?

A

Mostwr with 6 heads

53
Q

What choice must Odysseus make?

A

Sacrifice six men or risk his whole crew

54
Q

What happens as the ship passes between “a rock and a hard place”

A

Sux men were eaten

55
Q

Who convinces the men to disobey Odysseus? Why?

A

Eurylochus

They were hungry

56
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What is Helios’s threat to the gods?

A

He threats the gods to not have his cattle

57
Q

What happens to Odysseus men when they try to eat the cattle?

A

They all die

58
Q

Where does Odysseus swim to?

A

calypsos island

59
Q

What dies Athena advise Odysseus to do?

A

To remain a secret until he has a plan to kill the suitors

60
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Who is Odysseus’s faithful swineherd?

A

Eumaeus

61
Q

Where does Telemachus go in search of news of his father?

A

Sparta

62
Q

What does Eumaeus call Telemachus?

A

Master

63
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How does Athena transform Odysseus

A

To an old beggar

64
Q

What happens when Odysseus seed his dog?

A

The dog dies and Odysseus cries

65
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What js Odysseus’s dog named?

A

Argus

66
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How does Eurycleia recognize Odysseus?

A

His scars

67
Q

Athena says the suitors will_____?

A

Die

68
Q

What impossible task does Penelope propose for the suitors?

A

String Odysseus’s bow and shoot it clean through twelve arrows

69
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Whom does Odysseus trust to help him defeat the suitors?

A

Telemachus and Eumaeus

70
Q

How does Odysseus prove his true identity?

A

He knew the secret about the bed

71
Q

Who does Odysseus kill first and

why?

A

Atonius hecause he was the ring leader

72
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What happens to the disloyal maids?

A

They were killed

73
Q

How does Athena help Odysseus win other penelope?

A

Gives him beauty

74
Q

What was special about Penelope and Odysseus’ bed?

A

Built into an olive tree

English 9 Dudek (2 decks)

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