| A | B |
|---|
| Odysseus' father | Laertes |
| Odysseus' wife | Penelope |
| Odysseus' son | Telemachus |
| She turns men into animals | Circe |
| Poseidon's son; Odysseus blinded him | Polyphemus |
| Goddess who favors/helps Odysseus | Athena |
| He is credited with writing The Odyssey | Homer |
| Odysseus and the other Greeks go to Troy to retrieve her | Helen |
| The faithful swineherd who helps Odysseus when he returns to Ithaka | Eumaeus |
| The first suitor to die | Antinous |
| The suitor who tries to negotiate with Odysseus | Eurymachus |
| He is the gods' messenger | Hermes |
| The island where Circe lives | Aeaea |
| The island where Calypso lives | Ogygia |
| The blind prophet Odysseus consults in Hades | Tiresias |
| The bird-women whose song lures sailors to their deaths | Sirens |
| Odysseus calls this island home | Ithaka |
| A giant whirlpool that can suck a ship down | Charybdis |
| The race of one-eyed giants | Cyclopes |
| The war Odysseus fought in took place here | Troy |
| A six-headed monster who lives near the whirlpool and cannot be killed | Scylla |
| Odysseus' crew angers this god by eating his sacred cattle | Helios |
| This god sends a lightning bolt to destroy Odysseus' last ship | Zeus |
| This kind king offers his best ship to sail Odysseus home | Alcinous |
| Odysseus' final stop on his journey before he arrives in Ithaka: the land of the... | Phaeacians |
| This god makes thunder heard when Odysseus reveals himself to the suitors | Zeus |
| Odysseus spent seven years with this goddess | Calypso |
| When you begin a story in the middle, it's called... | in medias res |
| a brief description--often following a character's name--in an epic poem is called a/an... | epithet |
| In addition to being a long poem, an epic poem is always a... | narrative |
| He usually reflects the values of the culture who listens to epic poetry about his adventures | epic hero |
| a comparison using words "like" or "as" of two unlike things which goes on for several lines is called a/an... | epic simile |
| Aound what year (BCE) was The Odyssey likely written down? | 800 |
| When the Greeks fed and sheltered a stranger before asking his name, they were illustrating what Greek value? | hospitality |
| Odysseus is surprised to see her in Hades | his mother |
| This servant was Odysseus' nurse when he was a baby | Eurycleia |
| How many years--including the war and his journey--was Odysseus gone from Ithaka? | 20 |
| How many years did the Trojan War last? | 10 |
| How many ships did Odysseus have when he left Troy? | 12 |
| The god of the winds | Aeolus |
| This god hates Odysseus | Poseidon |
| To whom is Odysseus telling his story throughout most of The Odyssey? | Alcinous (Phaeacian king) |
| Eating this plant would make you forget home | Lotus |
| Who says he isn't frightened of Zeus? | Polyphemus |
| Who tells the rest of Odysseus' crew, "Remember those the Cyclops held...They died for his foolishness!" | Eurylochus |
| the number of men eaten by Scylla | six |
| the part of a story or narrative that introduces character and setting | exposition |
| the struggle between two opposing forces (eg: Odysseus vs. the sea) | conflict |
| Passing stories and history by telling stories aloud | oral tradition |
| Penelope wove and unraveled this | shroud |
| In a story, hints of what is to come | foreshadowing |
| the main character in a story | protagonist |
| a character who creates conflict with the main character | antagonist |
