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Main God. Rules Mt. Olympus

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Zeus

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Blind seer who made prophesies in the underworld and in the ending chapters

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Tiresias

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Messenger God

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Hermes

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The Odyssey is a…

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Epic/quest

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Polyphemus is a…

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Cyclops

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Works written by Homer

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The Odyssey

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This term describes literature aimed at teaching

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Didactic

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Another name for the Greeks

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Achaeans

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Aphrodite is the Goddess of

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Love

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Sea Nymphs who lured sailors with their songs

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Sirens

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Kidnapped Helen:

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Paris

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The lotus eaters symbolize this important literary idea

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Escapism

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This enchantress lives on the island Aeaea and turns Odysseus’ men into swine

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Circe

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A dangerous rock in the Straits of Messina, portrayed as a six headed monster

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Scylla

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According to Odysseus, he is famous for bring

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Brave and cunning

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15
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Agamemnon’s wife

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Clytemnestra

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16
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How long was Odysseus away from home

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20 years

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17
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Who is Odysseus’ mother?

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Anticleia

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18
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The Greeks won the Trojan war

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True

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19
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Helen was the erode of Menelaus

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True

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Respect for the gods was very important to the Greeks

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True

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21
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Odysseus should have chosen to lose his men to Charybdis rather than Scylla

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False

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Circe gave Odysseus help and advice

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True

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When he first returns home, Odysseus keeps his identity a secret to see who is loyal

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True

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In the battle against the suitors, Telemachus shows that he is weak and a coward not suitable to be Prince

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False

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Odysseus shows patience and good planning in the way he deals with his return and battle against the suitors

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True

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Penelope is very clever like Odysseus

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True

27
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By the end of the epic, Odysseus is a better hero than he was at the beginning

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True

28
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Even though the Odyssey was written a long time ago, it still has ideas and lessons that are still relevant today

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True

29
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Mythology is always fictional

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False

30
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The odyssey contains some very valuable historical information

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True

31
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In quest epics, the lessons behind the journey are as important as the journey itself

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True

32
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Mythology can help us to understand our own tests and trials

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True

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Mythology incorporates a lot of science but has little to do with our own lives

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False

34
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Penelope is considered an ideal wife

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True

35
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Athene firsts visits Telemachus disguised as

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Mentes, a mighty warrior

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Telmachian plot structures

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Have a subplot that mirrors the main plot

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On his journey, Telemachus hears about the Trojan war from

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Athene

38
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The “face that launched a thousand ships”

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Helen

39
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When we first meet Odysseus, he is

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Crying on the beach

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Odysseus’ behavior towards Nausicaa is

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Courteous

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What describes Calypso and her island

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Immortal

42
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Calypso offers Odysseus ____ if he will become her husband

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Immortality

43
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He tells calypso that Zeus has ordered her to release Odysseus

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Hermes

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The crucibles episode demonstrates

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Bravery

45
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The lotus plant causes Odysseus’ men to

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Forget about home

46
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“Noman” is

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Odysseus

47
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What describes the cyclops?

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Self centered

48
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Aeolus gives Odysseus

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A bag of winds

49
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In the underworld, Odysseus meets

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His mother

50
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Both the Cyclops episode and the Sirens episode show aspect of Odysseus’

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Curiosity

51
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Who represents loyalty

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Penelope & Eurycleia

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Scylla and Charybdis represent the idea of

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Being faced with two bad choices

53
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What is the homeland of Odysseus?

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Ithaca

54
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When odysseus first returns, Athena disguises him as

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A beggar

55
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Who treats Odysseus badly

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Antinoos and Irus

56
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The contest of the bow episode shows

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Odysseus’ strengths and skill

57
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Penelope’s final test for Odysseus is

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Catch her in the bedpost trick

58
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The old nurse recognizes Odysseus by

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A scar

59
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Penelope’s reaction to Odysseus when he tells of his adventures

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She doesn’t believe him

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In the final episode when Odysseus and Penelope are together, Athena

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Convinces Zeus to help in a battle of the suitors

61
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The scene with Odysseus and his dog shows

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The loyalty of argus

62
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Where did Odysseus hide his chest of treasure when he arrived

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In a cave

63
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Mention some motif in the odyssey

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Sleep/awakenings, disguises, water/bathing transformations, animals becoming human

64
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Odysseus quest is a search for

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Identity

65
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What does mythology incorporate

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History, fiction, psychology, philosophy

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