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27 Cards in this Set
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home of circe
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aeaea
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king of phaecia
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alcinious
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where he lives
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cicones
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witch goddess who turns odysseus' men into pigs
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circe
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polyphemus
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cyclops
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home of circe
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aeaea
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king of phaecia
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alcinious
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where he lives
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cicones
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witch goddess who turns odysseus' men into pigs
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circe
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polyphemus
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cyclops
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where the dead pass before entering hades
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erebus
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cyclops blinded by odysseus, son of poseidon
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polyphemus
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blind prophet of thebes
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teiresias
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helios cattle live here
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thrinakia
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penelopes leading suitor
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antinous
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swinheard- loyal to odysseus
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eumaeus
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telemachus
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odysseus' son
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reference to a statement, person, place or event from literature, religion, history, mythology, politics, sports, science or pop culture
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allusion
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a long narrative poem that tells the story of the adventure of a hero who in some way embodies the values of his civilization
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epic
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a compound adjective commonly used to modify a particular noun
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homeric epithet
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extended similies that compare heroic or epic events to simple and understandable everyday events- events that audience would recognize quickly
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Homeric similie
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prayer to zeus' daughters; enables minstrel to sing the tale
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invocation to the muses
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language that appeals to the five sense
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imagery
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a personal journey transformed into a cultural journey; a call to adventure of quest; supernatural forces give aid or cause problems; a series of taks or trials; a victorious or defeated hero; homecoming
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odyssey
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a blind minstrel who came from the island of chios; he is also the author of the iliad
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homer
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possibly fought over helen, initally of spart
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trojan war
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what is odysseus given credit for winning the war with?
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the trojan horse
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