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15 Cards in this Set
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Books 1-4
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P.O.V- Telemachus
20th year since Odysseus left....10 years since fall of Troy |
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Books 5-8
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P.O.V- Odysseus
Same time period as 1-4.....He leaves Ogygia to go to the land of the Phaicians |
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Books 9-12
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P.O.V- Odysseus- flashback
Odysseus tells the story of his wanderings |
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Books 13-24
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P.O.V.- Odysseus and Telemachus
They are home and out to get back the kingdom |
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Medias Res
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in the middle of things- requires flashback
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much repetition
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emphasis- brings audience up to date- helps the poet
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Epithet
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a word or phrase used to characterize a person or thing- -Bright Eyed Athena- Rosy fingered dawn
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epic simile
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an extended comparison using like, as, and than
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dramatic irony
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when the reader knows something the characters dont
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invocation to the muse
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the poet asks the muse for inspiration to tell his story
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Aias
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greek name is Ajak- does hubris and is punsished
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gave odysseus a bag of winds to settle home
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aiolos
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great greek hero- honored with immoratality on olympos
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heracles
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cowherd of ithaca- assists in battle against the suitors
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philoetius
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who were the 4 men who fought agaisnts the suitors
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Philoetius, Odysseus, eumaeus, telemachus
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