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| Homer's Biography- Blind author, who lived in ancient Greece, dubbed the greatest storyteller of all times. | Homer |
| Homer's Biography- Scientists have accurate information pertaining to Homer's birthdates, date of death, and each of the time of his writings. T or F | False |
| Homer's Biography- Homer is thought to of lived during this period. | 800 B.C. |
| Homer's Biography- a famous musical instrument played in Homer's time. | Lyre |
| Homer's Biography- Homer's Odyssey and THE Iliad were all ORIGINAL stories. T or F. | False |
| Homer's Biography- The book that Homer wrote that reflects the ideals of a warrior and a serves as a record of the ancient world…especially of its manners and customs. | The Iliad |
| Homer's Biography- The book that Homer wrote that reflects the ideals of a somewhat settled society and describes the wanderings and sufferings of the hero, Odysseus on his return from the Trojan War. | The Odyssey |
| The Relationship between the Iliad and the Odyssey- This woman is the wife of King Prism of Troy | Hecuba |
| The Relationship between the Iliad and the Odyssey- ruler of Troy and father to a demonic child named Paris. | King Prism of troy |
| The Relationship between the Iliad and the Odyssey- Son of Hecuba and King Prism of troy. He steals Helen from Menelaus. | Paris |
| The Relationship between the Iliad and the Odyssey- Mountain that Paris was left on to die of exposure | Mount Ida |
| The Relationship between the Iliad and the Odyssey- The three gods that came before Paris and asked him to judge which of them was the most beautiful. | Hera [queen of gods], Aphrodite [goddess of love], Athena [goddess of wisdom] |
| The Relationship between the Iliad and the Odyssey- Paris picked this god out of the 3 goddesses who came before him and asked him to judge which of them was beautiful because of her gift that she offered. | Aphrodite |
| The Relationship between the Iliad and the Odyssey- Husband of Helen, and ruler of Sparta. | Menelaus of Sparta |
| The Relationship between the Iliad and the Odyssey- Odysseus was once one of Helen's suitors. T or F | True |
| The Relationship between the Iliad and the Odyssey- After Menelaus noticed the disappearance of his wife, he called upon all of his chieftains, and Odysseus to besiege Troy. Who was their leader in the struggle? | Agamemnon |
| The Relationship between the Iliad and the Odyssey- What nationality was Odysseus [there are 2] | Greek |
| The Relationship between the Iliad and the Odyssey- Under the leadership of Agamemnon, the Greeks finally defeated the _______. [Nationality] | Trojans |
| List of Characters- King of Troy | King Priam |
| List of Characters- Youngest and most handsome son of Prism. Stole Helen from the Greeks. | Paris |
| List of Characters- Wife of King Prism and mother of Hector and Paris. | Hecuba |
| List of Characters- The brother of Menelaus and the leader of the Greek forces at Troy. | Agamemnon |
| List of Characters- The king of the Phacacian, on the isle Scheria | Alcinous |
| List of Characters- The leader and most arrogant of the suitors. | Antinous |
| List of Characters- An old handmaiden who has worked in Odysseus' household for years. Very trusted nurse of Telemachus and Odysseus. | Eurycleia |
| List of Characters- The queen of the Phaeacians to whom Odysseus appeals to send him home. | Arete |
| List of Characters- Another of the leaders of the suitors [Antinous is the other suitor] | Eurymachus |
| List of Characters- Wife of Menelaus of Sparta. Her kidnapping by the Trojan prince Paris starts the Trojan War. | Helen |
| List of Characters- The father of Odysseus. | Laertes |
| List of Characters- A pirate in disguise. Athene in disguise. | Mentes |
| List of Characters- An elder in Ithaca who was a friend to Odysseus. Athene often disguises as Mentor when she visits Odysseus. | Mentor |
| List of Characters- The daughter of Alcinous, the king of the Paeacians, and Queen Arete. | Nausicaa |
| List of Characters- The king of Pylos and elder statesman of Greece who was famed for his wisdom. | Nestor |
| List of Characters- HERO of the story and son of King Laertes. | Odysseus |
| List of Characters- What does Odysseus’s name mean? | "man of wrath" |
| List of Characters- Nestor’s son | Peisistratus |
| List of Characters- The faithful wife of Odysseus. Mother of Telemachus. | Penelope |
| List of Characters- The son of Odysseus and Penelope. | Telemachus |
| Gods and Goddesses- wife of Poseidon | Amphitrite |
| Gods and Goddesses- The goddess of love. (Venus-Roman Name) | Aphrodite |
| Gods and Goddesses- The god of poetry, archery, music, and oracles; also the god of healing. | Apollo |
| Gods and Goddesses- The god of war. | Aries |
| Gods and Goddesses- The goddess of wisdom. (Minerva-Roman Name) | Athens (Athene) |
| Gods and Goddesses- A nymph. She is the daughter of the giant Atlast who holds the world on his shoulders. | Calypso |
| Gods and Goddesses- The daughter of Helios, the sun. | Circe |
| Gods and Goddesses- The god of the underworld and a brother of Zeus and Poseidon. (Pluto-Roman Name) | Hades |
| Gods and Goddesses- The god of the sun. | Helios |
| Gods and Goddesses- The messenger of the gods. (Mercury-Roman name) | Hermes |
| Gods and Goddesses- She was once a mortal but was changed into a sea goddess. She lends Odysseus her veil enabling him to swim to the isle of the Scheria, after his ship is wrecked in a storm sent by Poseidon. | Leucothes |
| Gods and Goddesses- The god of the sea and a brother of Zeus and Hades. (Pluto-Roman Name) | Poseidon |
| Gods and Goddesses- Sea nymphs who lure sailors to destruction with a song that promises knowledge of the future. | The Sirens |
| Gods and Goddesses- The king of the gods and the rule of Olympus. | Zeus |
| Genealogical Tables/Hall of The Olympian Gods- Supreme ruler of gods, king of gods/god of the sky. | Zeus |
| Genealogical Tables/Hall of The Olympian Gods- 2nd most important male in comparison to Zeus, god of the sky, brother of Zeus | Poseidon |
| Genealogical Tables/Hall of The Olympian Gods- 3rd most important male in comparison to Zeus, god of engineering, god of gold, smiths, jewelers, masons, black smiths, son of Zeus and Hera | Hephaeustus |
| Genealogical Tables/Hall of The Olympian Gods- 4th most important male in comparison to Zeus, god of war, son of Zeus and Hera | Ares |
| Genealogical Tables/Hall of The Olympian Gods- 5th most important male in comparison to Zeus, god of music, poetry, medicine, archery/hunting, and young unmarried men. Also may be referred to as the SUN god, son of Zeus and Leto | Apollo [the male in the set of the twins] |
| Genealogical Tables/Hall of The Olympian Gods- 6th most important male in comparison to Zeus, messenger god. God of merchants, bankers, thieves, and fortunetellers, son of Zeus and Maia | Hermes |
| Genealogical Tables/Hall of The Olympian Gods- EXTRA INFO: What is a Herald? | word for messenger, often used for Hermes. |
| Genealogical Tables/Hall of The Olympian Gods- mother goddess/ queen of the gods. | Hera |
| Genealogical Tables/Hall of The Olympian Gods- 2nd most important female in comparison to Hera, goddess of the harvest, fruits, grains, grasses, etc, sister of Zeus and Hera. | Demeter |
| Genealogical Tables/Hall of The Olympian Gods- 3rd most important female in comparison to Hera, goddess of battle, wisdom, hand tools, was formed when ZEUS had a headacHE. | Athene |
| Genealogical Tables/Hall of The Olympian Gods- 4th most important female in comparison to Hera, goddess of love and beauty, was formed out of sea foam. | Aphrodite |
| Genealogical Tables/Hall of The Olympian Gods- 5th most important female in comparison to Hera, goddess of hunting and unmarried women, and the moon, daughter of Zeus and Leto | Artemeis |
| Genealogical Tables/Hall of The Olympian Gods- 2 females gods, both 6th in comparison to Hera because they share a throne in comparison to Hera. They think 13 is an unlucky number, One of them is a sister and Zeus, and the other is the daughter of Zeus and Semele | Hestia and Dionysus |
| Relationships of the Gods- Goddess that Zeus created when he had a splitting headache. | Athene |
| Relationships of the Gods- What god did Zeus mate with to get Ares and Hephaestus. [hint: incest] | Hera |
| Relationships of the Gods- From what was Aphrodite created from. | Sea foam |
| House of Atreus- What Greek was tortured by being endlessly tantalized for slaughtering his son and serving him for a feast? | Tantalus |
| House of Atreus- From what house did Agamemnon come from? | Atreus |
| House of Atreus- From what house did Aegisthus come from? | Theyestus |
| House of Atreus- Unfaithful wife of Agamemnon, was seduced by Aegisthus. | Clytemnestra |
| House of Atreus- Son of Agamemnon, avenged his father’s death. | Orestes |
| House of Atreus- From what house did Menelaus and Helen come from? | Atreus |
| The Epic Notes- According to genre (type), The Odyssey is classified as an _____. | Epic |
| The Epic Notes- The definition of an epic or heroic poem: | 1) A long narrative poem 2) On a serious subject 3) Related in an elevated style 4) Centered about a heroic figure upon who actions depend to some degree the fate of a nation or a race. |
| The Epic Notes- the “Traditional” or “Primary” epics were shaped from the legends that developed in a heroic age, when a nation was on the move and engaged in military conquest and expansion. T or F | True |
| The Epic Notes- Literary epics usually have the following features. | 1) Hero is a figure of great national or international importance 2) Setting is ample in scale, sometimes world-wide or even larger. 3) Action involves heroic deeds in battles. 4) Gods and other supernatural beings taken an interest and an active part. 5) Epic poem is a ceremonial performance and is deliberately given in a ceremonial style proportionate to its great subject and architecture. |
| The Epic Notes- inspires people, storyteller, nine different muses. The poet asks one of the nine muses to help him in his story [depending on which muse is best for the story] | Muse |
| The Epic Notes- The muse that homer asks to help him out in The Odyssey. | Calliope |
| The Epic Notes- Some minor characteristics of the epic are: | 1) Poet begins by stating his theme, then invokes a muse to help him in his great undertaking and addresses to the muse an epic question. 2) Narration starts IN MEDIA RES, or in the middle of the action, and at a critical point. The events that happened before the narrative opening are introduced later on in the narrative. 3) Catalogues of some of the main characters, introduced to the listeners in formal detail. |
| The Epic Notes- adjective noun phrase usually repeated throughout the epic referring to a god, goddess, character, or geographical element. (blind eyed seas, bright eyed goddess, white sleeved maiden) | Epic Epithet |
| The Epic Notes- a long, extensive and detailed comparison usually of two natural objects, Sometimes a paragraph or more in length! | Epic Simile |
| The Three Major Themes- How many major themes are in the Odysseus [hint: look at title] | Three |
| The Three Major Themes- The Three major themes are: | 1) The theme of Odysseus’ travels and the trials he meets in his travels. 2) The theme of Penelope, the faithful wife. 3) The theme of Telemachus growing up |
| Literary Terms– a direct comparison using "like" or "as" to link persons or things compared. | Simile |
| Literary Terms- an indirect comparison as by implication, that is without “like” or “as” | Metaphor |
| Literary Terms- giving of human qualities to that which is inanimate. | Personification |
| Literary Terms- use of the name of one thing for that of another associated with or suggested by it. | Metonymy |
| Literary Terms- overstatement or exaggeration | Hyperbole |
| Literary Terms- similarity of initial consonant sound of two or more words in close proximity. | Alliteration |
| Literary Terms- finding the same word or words in a line or nearby lines. | Repetition |
| Literary Terms- use of words which closely approximate the sound of the action they describe. | Onomatopoeia |
| Literary Terms- similarity of vowel sounds in two or more stressed syllables. | Assonance |
| Literary Terms- repetition of the initial consonant sounds in successive or closely associated words. | Alliteration |
| Literary Terms- a casual reference to a famous historical, literary or Biblical person or event or a reference to mythology. | Allusion |
| Literary Terms- the technique of addressing some non-existent personage, some abstract quality, or some power of nature as if it were present. | Apostrophe |
| Literary Terms- technique which repeats the same structural form (phrases, clauses or sentences) but which includes a contrast of ideas from part to part of the identical form. | Balance and antithesis |
| Literary Terms- irony of situation in which the reader and one or more characters are aware of a fact which makes another, unknowing character seem foolish. | Dramatic irony |
| Literary Terms- technique of using several similar words, phrases or clauses so as to form a list. | Enumeration |
| Literary Terms- a device by which scenes or incidents which occurred prior to the opening scene of the work are presented. | Flashback |
| Literary Terms- method of warning the reader of events to come, usually through some clue in dialogue. | Foreshadowing |
| Literary Terms- (overstatement) – an exaggeration or amplification of a situation or pwers beyond realistic acceptance. | Hyperbole |
| Literary Terms- (verbal) – figure of speech in which the actual intent is expressed in words which carry the opposite meaning. It may be in the form of words of praise to imply blame, for example. | Irony |
| Literary Terms- (understatement) – saying less that is meant or understating one’s value or good qualities. | Litotes |
| Literary Terms- a short, concise statement drawn from experience and indicating some practical advice. | Maxim or proverb |
| Literary Terms- a literary comparison which does not use the words “like or “as” | Metaphor |
| Literary Terms- a figure of speech which substitutes a term naming an object closely associated with the word in mind for the word itself; example: saying “crown” and meaning “king” | Metonymy |
| Literary Terms- the justification of the action of a character in a plot by the presenting of a convincing and impelling cause for that action. | Motivation |
| Literary Terms- a rhetorical antithesis bringing together two contradictor terms as “wise fool” or “big shrimp”. | Oxymoron |
| Literary Terms- a play on words using two or more homonyms, two words with the same sound by different meanings or with two different pronunciations. | Pun |
| Literary Terms- a figure of speech which endows animals, ideas, or inanimate objects with human form, character or responsibilities. | Personification |
| Literary Terms- an entire line of poetry repeated several times in a work. | Refrain |
| Literary Terms- a question asked for its emotional impact and not requiring a reply or intended to induce a reply. | Rhetorical question |
| Literary Terms- a form of literary comparison using "like" or "as" | Simile |
| Literary Terms- the use of an objects to present itself and to evoke in the reader one or more other levels of meanings. | Symbol |
| Literary Terms- a form of metaphor which in mentioning a part signifies the whole or the whole signifies the part; example: He looked me in the eye. (Really in both eyes) | Synecdoche |
| Literary Terms- a literary manner which blends criticism of human manners or institutions with humor with the aim of inspiring improvement of the human condition. | Satire |
| Literary Terms- a light composition or passage which imitates a more serious literary work for the purpose of ridicule. | Parody |
| Literary Terms- a form of extended metaphor in which the characters are personifications of some virtue; a deeper religious moral or political meaning can be derived from the second level of interpretation of the allegory, its setting and characters. | Allegory |
| Random Knowledge Question- Chapter 1- What is Odysseus trying to do in this chapter? | A. For the past ten years he had been trying to get home to his kingdom of Ithica. |
| Random Knowledge Question- Chapter 1- How does Homer describe Odysseus in this book? What does this tell us? | A. As versatile, in mental powers beyond all other mortals, divine, goodly, Odysseus of the hardy heart, and Mentes calls him that resourceful man, and godlike Odysseus. B. Odysseus is quite a man. He is good, intelligent beyond all other men, good-looking, courageous, and can think himself out of many different situations. |
| Random Knowledge Question- Chapter 1- Where is Odysseus in this chapter? | A. On the island of Ogygia with the lady nymph Calypso. Calypso is holding him prisoner on her island against his will. She wants Odysseus to marry her and to be her lord. |
| Random Knowledge Question- Chapter 1- Does Athene appear to Telemachus as a goddess? | A. No, she appeared in the guise of Mentes the captain and king of the Taphians and lovers of the oar. |
| Random Knowledge Question- Chapter 2- For the first time the suitors treat Telemachus with respect and politely step aside when he makes his speech to the assembly. Why? | A. Athene shed "wondrous grace" on him. However, for the first time he is conducting himself and acting like a mature adult. |
| Random Knowledge Question- Chapter 2- Why doesn't Telemachus send his mother to her father's house? | A. First, he loves her; she is his mother. He is afraid if he sends her from the house, he will curse his house and call the Avengers down upon him. Second, he cannot afford to send her back to her father Icarius. If she leaves, she can take her dowry and this would deplete his father's house. He would also have to pay restitution to Icarius if he sent her back. His father would be angry if he returned home to find wealth gone from his house. The boy cannot do this. |
| Random Knowledge Question- Chapter 2- When Telemachus finally decides to make the voyage to Sparta, he informs Euryclia. He makes her promise what? Why? | A. Not to tell his mother his going. B. His mother will probably wail and put up a worse fuss. |
| Random Knowledge Question- Chapter 3- To whom is Nestor offering hecatombs to when Telemachus arrives in Sparta? Why? | A. Poseidon, god of the sea B. For having brought Nestor and his companions home safely from Troy. |
| Random Knowledge Question- Chapter 4- When Telemachus and Pisistratus arrive in Sparta, what celebrations are taking place? | A. Two weddings are being prepared for. Hermione, daughter of Helen and Menelaus, is being sent to marry the son of Achilles in the land of the Myrmidons |
| Random Knowledge Question- Chapter 5- At the beginning of Book V, we are again back in Olympus at a council of the gods. What instructions are given Hermes? | A. Go to Calypso and tell her she has to allow Odysseus to home. |
| Random Knowledge Question- Chapter 6- Where did the Phaeacians use to live and why did they leave that place? | Near the Cyclopes. The Cyclopes harried them continually so Nausithous who was king then, led them to the island of Scheria where they now live. |
| Random Knowledge Question- Chapter 7- How does Athene help Odysseus get safely through the Phaeacian town and into the palace? | A. She shed a deep mist about Odysseus... and she even led him to the palace. |
| Random Knowledge Question- Chapter 8- A minstrel sings for the group. What are his songs about? | A. About Odysseus and Achilles quarreling at Troy and how this made Agamemnon glad. The minstrel is again blind like Homer is. |
