Gods & Goddesses

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long narrative poems that tell of the adventures of heroes who in some way embody the values of their civilization.

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Epics

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________ years ago, people who lived in what we now call _______ were telling stories about a great war.

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*3000
*Greece

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At some point someone gathered these oral stories and told them as a _____________.

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Unified Epic

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Name of the two stories? Author?

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*Iliad &Odyssey
*Homer

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The events told about in these stories happened around ______ in the area from _________ and the ____________.

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*1200 BC
*Aegean Sea of Marmara
*Black Sea

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Which story was written 1st?

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Iliad

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The Iliad tells stories of the ______ and the cause of it was because of ____________.

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*Trojan War
*Sexual Jealousy

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In the Iliad, _____ was the most beautiful woman in the world. ____, & _____ wanted her. She is married to _______. _____ gets help from a goddess & ______ her. They run away to ______.

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*Helen
*Paris & Prince of Troy
*Menelaus
*Paris
*Troy
*Seduces

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_______ is the 2nd part of the story.

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Odyssey

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_______ was a Greek Soldier. He wanted to come_______ but kept getting side tracked.

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*Odysseus
*Home

Front 11

All the poems in the _______ wold owe something the ___________ established by these two stories. 4 Examples??

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*Western
*Basic Patterns
*examples:
* Aeneid- Virgil
* Song of Ronald- From France
* Divine Comedy
* Mahabharate- from India (3000 BC)

Front 12

What kind of epic is the Iliad? (_____)

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*War Epic
*Archilles

Front 13

_____ tells the story of Menelus's attempt to avenge the insult of Paris and Helen.

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Iliad

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Menelaus is from _________.

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Sparta

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________ is a Greek king who joins wit Menelaus to wage war against Tory. (brothers) They launch _______ ships, they sail across the ________ and surrounded _______.

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*Agamenon
*1000
*Agean Sea
*Troy

Front 16

When Agamenon and Menelaus went and attacked Troy, the _____ won and destroyed ____, ____. and ____ were taken back.

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*Greeks
*Troy
*Trojan horse
*Slaves

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SIDE NOTE

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they audience already knew the story. They knew more than we do because stories have been lost.

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Agamenon's wife and her lover would murder _________.

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Agamenon

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_______ is a hero in trouble.

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Odysseus

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To the Greeks, heroes were between _____ and _______.

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Mortals and gods

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Heroes were described as ______ and ______. "________"

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Confident and Brave
"Top of the World"

Front 22

What kind of epic is the Odyssey? (_______)

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Journey Epic
(Odysseus)

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SIDE NOTE

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Since Odysseus is in trouble, we can relate to him. We are also lost in a world of difficult choices.

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Sometimes Odysseus is treated ______. He has to work hard to get what he wants.

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Unfairly

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What is the tone of the Odyssey?

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Melancholy and Disillusionment

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SIDE NOTE

Back 26

Odysseus was a great soldier, but the war is over.
Now he is unimportant, especially to the monsters that he encounters on his adventure.

Front 27

Where is the home of Odysseus? His wife? His son?

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*Ithica
*Penelope
*Telemachuss

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_____ and ________ come to get Odysseys who is lazy (don't want to go to war). Odysseus pretends not to know them. He dresses as a ______ and _______ throwing out ______ as he does.

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*Agamenon and Menelaus
*peasant
*plows a filed
*salt

Front 29

While Odysseus plows the field, The Greek kings throw _______ in front of the plow. (Stops Plowing) (showing he is sane)

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*Telemachus

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(Once Odysseus is at war, he is a great soldier and commander) he thought up the ________ trick. fighting went on for ___ years.

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*Hollow Horse
*10

Front 31

The hollow horse held a few soldiers in the ______. Greeks leave it and sail off.

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Belly

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Odysseus and his men act like _____ on their journey home. Carry off wordly goods whenever they can such as ____, ____, ____, and _____.

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*Pirates
*pots, cattle, pans, sheep

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______ were mud and stone houses.

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Palaces.

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The Odyssey starts with ______ searching for his father. Since Odysseus disappeared, his house filled up with men who wanted to ____________ to _________. These men were _____, ______, and _____. Wanted to rob Telemachus of his inheritance. Needs to find Odysseus before too late. ___ years went by since Odysseus left home. He is in search of his home and seeking _______ to establish natural balance in his life.

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*Telemachus
*marry Penelope to gain her wealth
* rude, dangerous, powerful
*20
* inner peace

Front 35

What are the two quests?

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1. Telemachus for his father
2. Odysseus for home and peace
(provides framework for story)

Front 36

There are _____ and ______ questions in the Odyssey. To understand his solution and mindset, we need to know ___________.

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*Mystic and Religous
*What he believed

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stories that use fantasy to express ideas about life that cannot be expressed easily in realistic terms.

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Myths

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Myths are escentially religious because they are concerned with the _____ and the _____ or ______ realm.

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human
spiritual or Unknown

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very concerned with relationships between men and the gods.

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Homer

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Homer believes gods can __________ everything.

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Controll

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Odysseus is going through a _________.

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Mid-Life crisis

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Odysseus has a special protector- a goddess named _______.

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Athena

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Athena is said to be an _________ to Odysseus.

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Alter Ego

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SIDE NOTE

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Alter Ego- e reflection of hero's best and worst qualities

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______ is the enemy. He is cruel, violent, brutish, like Odysseus sometimes.

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Poseidon

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The __________ gave Homer credit for The Odyssey and Iliad.

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Ancient Greeks

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Homer was said to be ________. Greeks thought that those that were like this have an inner vision that allows them to see things more clearly.

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Blind

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These stories had a particular ___ or ______.

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rhyme or meter.

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Homer was once a rhapsodies (singer of talent) and he was part _____, _____, and ______. Traveled from 1 community to another telling these stories of gods, goddesses, and heros. Accompanied with music played on a ______.

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* historian, entertainer, mythmaker
*Lyre

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_____ was part of a sotryteller's tools. two examples?

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Formulaic Speech
Sea was always "Wine Dark"
Athena is always "grey-eyed Athena"

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_____ indicated the audience listened closely,were familiar with the material.

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Repetition

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Epics open with a ____________. They are prayer to Muse to help tell the story well. Hints about the story given.

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Invocation

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The Invocation is a ____________________.

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Convention of epic poetry

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_________ means the middle of things. This is another example of _________________. Attracts immediate attention and interest.

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* In Medias Res
*Epic Poetry Convention

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____________ is extended comparisons that compare heroic or epic events to simple and easily understandable everyday events.

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Homeric Simile

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Athena prevents an arrow from striking ____________.

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Menelaus

Front 57

(Athena preventing arrow from hitting Menelaus) " She brushed it away fro his skin as lightly as when a mother brushes a fly away from her child who is lying in sweet sleep" This is a form of _________.

Back 57

Homeric Simile

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Both the Iliad and the Odyssey are written in ______________.

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Dactylic Hexameter

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________ is the sweet nymph.

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Calypso

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______ and ______ gave the gods Imortality.

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Ambrosia and Nectar

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Fragrant Island had ______, ______, ______.

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Cedar Smoke
Spices
Flowers

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SIDE NOTE

Back 62

Calypso does not disclose the reason for her decision to free Odysseus.

Front 63

Poseidon interferes with Odysseus and sends a storm which ship wrecks him on ___________.

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Scheria

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Part of Greek Hospitality, All guests were ________. _______ is the name of common rules of hospitality.

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*godsent
*Xenia

Front 65

How do the men loose their wills?

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they eat Lotus Plants

Front 66

What does Odysseus blind Polyphemus with? why is this Ironic?

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Olive Branch
Because olive branch sign of peace

Front 67

Critics have said that this epic is really a set of contrast between?

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Intelligence and Violent might

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Cunning intelligence is called?

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Metis

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Violent might is called?

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Bia

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What are the conflicts?

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conflict 1- Odysseus against various monsters and bad guys
conflict 2- Poseidon and Athena

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Poseidon and Athena embody the power of _________. Athena also embodies ____ that changes nature's raw power to something useful to protect us.

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Nature
Igenuity

Front 72

This conflict between Poseidon and Athena represents the ________________________ of _____ and ______.

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Greek Polarization of nature and culture

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Blinding of Polyphemus is compared to plunging a hot ax/adze that is being made into a cold tub of water. This is called ______________.

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Homeric SImile

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Dawn has fingertips this is called?

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Personification

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Odysseus must order his men to "row or perish" because he baited Polyphemus. This is called _______.

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Irony

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_______ is a Greek world for nobody and in Greek sounds similar to Odysseus. _____ is the highest point in Athens. (Poseidon made water appear here while competing with Athena) _______ is Athena's temple on here.

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Outis
Acropolis
Parthon

Front 77

Polyphemus has a character flaw what is it? ______ foretold that Polyphemus would be blinded.

Back 77

underestimates Odysseus
Telemachus

Front 78

Xenia is hospitality (RELIGOUS DUTY) then it because social custom. What are the 3 branches of Xenia?

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1. Senduction of Helen by Paris when he was a guest in the home of her husband Menelaus.
2. Cyclops Polyphemus does not treat Odysseus according to the rules of Xenia.
3. Suitors treatment of their absent host as they try to marry Penelope to steal Telemachus's inheritance.

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_________ was condemned to be tantalized by food and drink that remained eternally out of reach.

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Tantalus

Front 80

What three things does Teiresias give Odysseus advice about?

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1. Dont raid the cattle of HElios, the sun god
2. When you get home, you are going to find a serious mess/kill the suitors
3. After he kills the suitors, he must make a specific sacrifice to Poseidon.

Front 81

What does Circe tell Odysseus to avoid 3 things?

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1. Sirens- tie odysseus to mast and plug ears of sailors with wax
2. Scylla and Charybdis- sail close to Scylla, but you will loose men.
3. Dont eat the cattle in Helios's island

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_______ is a reference to the Odyssey.

Back 82

Harry Potter

Front 83

Old Western Literature was written on ______.

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Papyrus

Front 84

Eastern LIterature is from places like _______.

Back 84

China