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The Odyssey Final Test Flashcards

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Destroyer Archetype

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An archetypal character who is seen as evil and who brings about destruction for destruction’s sake. The Cyclops and Voldemort are examples.

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Archetype

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An original or perfect model upon which subsequent examples are based. The Odyssey is an archetype.

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Epic / Journey Epic

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A long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero who embodies the values of the culture and must overcome obstacles to reach their destination.

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Hero

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Someone who must go on a quest or adventure and overcome many obstacles obstacles to reach their destination, but gains wisdom as a result.

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Homeric Simile

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An extended metaphor, usually several lines long, that compares two things and explains all the areas of similarity. Compares something abstract to something well known or concrete.

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Invocation

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A prayer to the gods or God asking for guidance or inspiration.

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Myth

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A traditional or legendary story that uses fantasy or metaphors to express ideas about life that cannot be expressed easily on realistic terms.

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Rhapsode

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A person who traveled from town to town to recite things such as stories, tales, etc. Homer was a rhapsode.

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Temptress Archetype

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An archetypal character (usually a women) whose intentions are not evil, but who nonetheless brings about the downfall of a man / men because of her beauty or sexual allure. Helen of Troy is an example.

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Transgressor Archetype

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An archetypal character who attempts something that has never been done and pushes the limit on human knowledge, often encroaching on realm of gods, which usually results in their downfall and great destruction. Dr. Frankenstein is an example.

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Trickster Archetype

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An archetypal character who breaks or bends the rules of the gods or nature, relying on cunning rather than strength. Hermes is an example.

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Aeaea

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Home of Circe, the witch goddess.

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Alcinous

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King of Phaecia.

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Calypso

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Beautiful goddess nymph who keeps Odysseus on her island for seven years.

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Charybdis

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Female monster who sucks in water three times a day to make a deadly whirlpool.

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Cicones

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People living on the southwestern coast of Thrace who battled Osysseus and his men on their journey home.

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Circe

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Witch goddess who turned Odysseus’s men into swine.

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Erebus

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Dark area of the underworld where the dead reside.

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Eurylochus

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One of Odysseus’s loyal crew.

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Lotus Eaters

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People who feed Odysseus’s men lotus plants so they forget Ithica.

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Phaeacia

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Island kingdom ruled by King Alcinous.

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Polyphemus

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Cyclops blinded by Odysseus. Is the son of Poseidon.

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Scylla

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Female monster with six serpent heads, each having a triple row of fangs.

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Sirens

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Sea nymphs whose beautiful and mysterious music lures sailors to steer their ships toward the rocks.

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Teiresias

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Famous blind prophet from the city of Thebes. Odysseus meets him in the Land of the Dead.

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Thrinakia

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Island where the sun god Helios keeps his cattle.

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Antinous

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One of Penelope’s leading suitor.

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Eumaeus

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Swineherd; one of Odysseus’s leading servants.

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Eurycleia

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Odysseus’s old nurse.

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Eurymachus

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Suitor to Penelope.

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Eurynome

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Penelope’s housekeeper.

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Penelope

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Odysseus’s faithful wife.

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Philoeteus

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Cowherd; one of Odysseus’s loyal servants.

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Telemachus

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Odysseus’s son.

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Apollo

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God of poetry, music, prophecy, medicine, and archery.

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Athena

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Favorite daughter of Zeus; the great goddess of wisdom and the arts of war and peace; Odysseus’s alter ego.

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Cronus

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God who ruled universe until his son Zeus overthrew him.

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Helios

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Sun god.

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Hephaestus

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God of metalworking.

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Hermes

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Messenger god.

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Poseidon

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God of the sea; brother of Zeus.

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Zeus

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The most powerful god, whose home is Olympus.

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Order of Odysseus’s Journey Home

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Troy
Cicones
Lotus Eaters
Cyclops
Island of Aeolia
Laestrygonians
Circe
Land of the Dead
Circe
Sirens
Charybdis
Scylla
Thrinakia
Calypso
Phaecia
Ithaca

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