Odyssey Part 1

Question 0

What is an eipc?

Answer 0

It is:

1. Long
2. Poem
3. About a Hero
4. Tells a story

Question 1

What kind of tradition is the Odyssey is told in?

Answer 1

Oral Tradition

Question 2

What are the two Epics that Homer composed?

Answer 2

The Iliad and The Odyssey

Question 3

When did Homer live?

Answer 3

Around 700-50 BC

Question 4

What does the word Odyssey mean?

Answer 4

Journey

1. Spiritual journey
2. Physical Journey

Question 5

Spiritual Journey

Answer 5

1. Religious- attempting to acheive the after life

2. Secular

Question 6

What is the Greek word for excessive pride?

Answer 6

Hubris

Question 7

How to Greek Epic Poems begin?

Answer 7

A prayer

Question 8

How long is the Odyssey

Answer 8

11,300 Lines

Question 9

To whom does Homer pray?

Answer 9

Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry, or Goddess of Epic Poetry

Question 10

Two purposes of the prayer are?

Answer 10

1. To humble ones self before the gods

2. A preview

Question 11

What is the opening line?

Answer 11

Sing in me Muse and through me tell the story

Question 12

By reading this story out, we (the class) are doing what?

Answer 12

To lift the great song in it

We bring the story back to life

Question 13

Who is the god of the sun?

Answer 13

Helios

Question 14

Current King of the gods

Answer 14

Zeus

Question 15

Who does Odysses spend 7 years with?

Answer 15

Calypso

Question 16

What is the home island of Odysseus?

Answer 16

Ithica

Question 17

What is the one god who does not like Odyssseus

Answer 17

Posidon

Question 18

Son of Odysseus

Answer 18

Telmalachus

Question 19

5 Greek Virtues

Answer 19

1. Love of Family
2. Love of Country
3. Cunning
4. Hospitality
5. Courage

Question 20

Where is Odysseus when he tells the story

Answer 20

Phaeacia

Question 21

Who is the King of the Island?

Answer 21

King Alcinous

Question 22

Who is the King’s daughter?

Answer 22

Nausica

Question 23

How is the story told?

Answer 23

In Medias Res

Question 24

Father of Odysses

Answer 24

Laertes

Question 25

Guile means what?

Answer 25

Slyness,

Question 26

Robe of leaves is an example of what?

Answer 26

Metaphor

Question 27

Why did Odysseus not violate 'love of family'?

Answer 27

He never gave consent

Question 28

How many ships did Odysseus have?

Answer 28

12

Question 29

Where is stop #1?

Answer 29

Ismarus

Question 30

Who are the people who live at stop #1

Answer 30

Cicones

Question 31

Where is stop #2?

Answer 31

Land of the Lotus Eaters

Question 32

What is the lesson of stop 2

Answer 32

Somthine look good an are really bad

Question 33

What are the 5 ways to change reality?

Answer 33

1. Metaphor 2. Apostrophe 3. Simile 4. Hyperbole 5. Personification

Question 34

Cavern yawning is an example of wath?

Answer 34

Personification

Question 35

Prodigious means what?

Answer 35

Huge or enormous

Question 36

How many men went ashore in the Land of the Cylpose?

Answer 36

13

Question 37

Who gave Odysseus 12 jars of brandy

Answer 37

Maron

Question 38

What proportion did you mix the brandy with?

Answer 38

1 cup brandy 20 cups water

Question 39

What is the watery part of hte milk called

Answer 39

whey

Question 40

Two dozen wagons could not move the rock is an example of what?

Answer 40

hyperbole

Question 41

What is another name for the Greeks?

Answer 41

Achaeans

Question 42

Who is the leader of the Greeks during the Trojan War

Answer 42

Agamemnon

Question 43

The men were like screwing puppies is an example of what?

Answer 43

Simile

Question 44

Ponderous means what?

Answer 44

Heavy

Question 45

Profusion means what?

Answer 45

Abundance

Question 46

Who is the goddess of wisdom?

Answer 46

Athena

Question 47

What is the drink and food of the gods?

Answer 47

nectar and ambrosia

Question 48

What fake name of Odysseus give to the Cylopse?

Answer 48

Nohbdy

Question 49

Name of the Cyclops was?

Answer 49

Polyphemus

Question 50

What does the word sage mean?

Answer 50

wise