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Homer
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Blind writer lived between 800 bc and 700 bc wrote odyssey and the Iliad
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Iliad
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tells of trojan war
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Muse
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art goddess, Odysseus prays to them for help in telling his story
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Helen
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face that launched a thousand ships
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How many books in the Odyssey?
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24 books
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Who is the god/goddess that helps Odysseus throughout the journey?
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Athena
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How long is the Iliad
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10 years
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How long is the Odyssey?
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10 years
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What happens when alchol is involved?
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someone dies
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Who is Odysseus?
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Son of laertes
from Ithica, home is the destination of his journey |
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Lotus- Eaters
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Odysseus' crew members were offered lotus, took away will to come home
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Who is Odysseus telling his story to?
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Alcinis
King of Phaecians |
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Lacun
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seer
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Trojan War
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1200 bc
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Elements of Epic
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1. Hero has special abilities
2.Vast setting 3. Story requires superhuman ablities 4. hero almost gives up 5. hero regains throne |
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Cicones
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*Greed is bad
*Moderation is good *Obey leaders |
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Cyclops-- Polythemus
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are uncivilized:
* no farming *no laws *no military *no gov. *abuse of children and wife |
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Greeks are...
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Hospitable
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Polythemus is the son of?
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Posiden
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Epithet
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discriptive phrase that regularly is used to characterize a person place or thing
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Aeolia
Aelous |
Place where Aelous lives
God of winds |
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Odysseus obtained liquor from...
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Maron
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Characteristics of Epic Hero
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1. More intelligen that normal
2. has fatal flaws-- Hubris 3. more courageous 4. able to preform dangerous things 5. nobel parents 6. stronger that normal 7. great leader 8. more recourceful that normal |
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Tiresias
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blind prophet
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Laestrygonians
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cannibals
destroy every ship but one |
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Sirens
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Wax is in the crews' members ears but odysseus listens to the song while tethered to the mast
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What are the 2 themes throughout the entire story?
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1. Resisting temtation
2. There is no place like home |
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Land of the Dead
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Talks to old crew member Elpenor
and dead mother Anticlea *does not talk to mother, is vulnerable |
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Scylla
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Monster of Gray rock
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Alcinous
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King of Phaeacians
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Calypso
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sea goddess who loved Odysseus
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Circe
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enchantress who helped Odysseus
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Apollo
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god of mustic, poetry, medicine and prophecy
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Agamemnon
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King and leader of greek forces
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Polyphemus
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cyclops
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Perimedes
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member of Odysseus' crew
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Eurylochus
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member of crew
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Persephone
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wife of Hades
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Telemachus
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Odysseus' sone
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Sirens
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creatures whose songs lure sailors to their deaths
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Antinuous
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leader of sailors
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Achaeans
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Greeks
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Ilium
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Troy
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IN medias res
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In or into the middle of a sequence of events, as in a literary narrative
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hubris
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pride/ego
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epitaph
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writing on a grave
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Odyssey
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series of adventurous journeys usually marked by changes of fortune
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Dilemma
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a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
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Menelaus
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married to Helen
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Agamemnon
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brother of Menelaus
leader of greek forces |
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Myth
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story usually passed orally about gods
fictitious |
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Priam
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King of Troy
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Paris
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fell in love with Helen and runs away with her
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Achilles
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soldier in Greek army
killed because he was shot in the heel |
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Hector
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great warrior
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Laocoon
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warned trojans of trojan Horse
"watch for greeks weary gifts" |
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Trojan Horse
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"gift" given to trojans from greeks
hollowed out so soldiers could fit in, attacked the city at night after being brought into the city |