THE ODYSSEY Flashcards by Dana K

Q

Setting

A

around Aegean Sea

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Any of the 9 goddesses of arts

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muse

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Sun God

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Helios

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City in Northwest Asia Minor

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Troy

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Odysseus’ home

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Ithaca

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POV

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1st

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Odysseus’ father

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laertes

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sea godess

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calypso

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enchantress who help odysseus

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Circe

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king of phaeacians

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alcinous

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king of gods

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zeus

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city odysseus/men travel to

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Cicones

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never return/forget about wanting to go home/loose hope

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Lotus eating

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theme in lotus eaters

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temptations draw ppl to forget their original desire

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greek giant-1 eye in middle

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cyclops

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describe the cyclops society

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no care for land

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Q

whats the ancient greek custom for hospitallity

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kindess
give food/drink

Q

why was brandy so significant

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had to be diluted 1:20 with water

Q

Homeric simile: Cyclops

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the men leaned to turn sword as ship wheel

Q

how was odysseus able to outwit cyclops

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with wine

Q

young dawn w/ fingertips of rose

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homeric simile

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odysseus patron diety

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Athena

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irony in cyclops

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Odysseus lies, claiming his name is “Nobody,” and then uses that deception to escape the Cyclops’s cave

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cyclopes name

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Polyphemus

theme in cyclopes

playoff on nobody establishing who he is

odysseus weakness in cyclops

trust issues/runs mouth

Odysseus admirable qualities

intelligent, resourceful, strong

prophet, son of Eurymos

telemus

odysseus epithet: cyclops

"raider of cities"

cyclops father

posieden

cyclops prayer to posieden

curse odysseus' journey home

zeus' epithet: cyclops

zeus beyond the storm cloud

Land of dead: odysseus/ men go to

Aeolia

king of winds

aeolus

sack w/ all wind except west wind

aelus' gift

race of cannibals

laestrygonians

land ruled by circe (godess)

aeaea

turn man into pig

circe

circe spell

turn men into pig