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29 Cards in this Set
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The muse, goddess of epic poetry |
Who is Homer addressing at the Beginning of the odyssey? |
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One eye giants |
What are cyclopes |
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In caves |
Where do cyclopes dwell |
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Dragged them back to the ship |
What did odysseus do to his men on the island of the lotus eaters |
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His curiosity |
Why did odysseus beach on the cyclops land if he knew they dwelled there? |
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Lotus flower |
What did the lotus eaters offer to the men? |
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Wine from the land of ismarus and 12 of his best men |
What does odysseus bring along when he goes to inspect the cyclops' cave |
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Cheese, whey, goats, and pottery |
What did odysseus and his men find inside the cave |
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They got drunk and mutinous, and the cicones army sneaks up on odysseus and his men. |
While in the land of ismarus, what mistake did odysseus and his men make? |
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Eats them |
What does the cyclops do to odysseus' men |
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He need the cyclops to open up the stone slab door |
What reason does odysseus give for not killing the cyclops |
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A large wooden stake |
What reason does odysseus and his men construct while in the cyclops' cave? |
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Ithaca |
Where is odysseus' home |
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Laeretes |
Who is odysseus' father? |
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Wine from the land of ismarus |
What does odysseus give the cyclops to drink? |
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10 years |
How long after the Trojan war does odysseus depart from calypso's island? |
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"Come back and I will treat you well, and I will get poseidon yo befriend you." |
What does the cyclops tell odysseus as odysseus is leaving the land? |
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Journey to the land of the dead; underworld |
What does circe say to odysseus must do in order to reach home? |
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Turned them into pigs |
What happened to odysseus' men on the island of circe? |
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She's dead; comited suicide |
What does odysseus learn about his mother in the underworld? |
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Blind prophet tiresias |
Whom does odysseus encounter in the underworld, besides his mother? |
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He must pass through scylla and charybdis, and he warns him not to eat the cattle of Lord helios, God of the sun. |
What difficulties does tiresias predict for the journey to come? |
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To tie him to the ship's mast |
What does odysseus tell his men to do to him when they pass through the sirens? |
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Their beautiful song |
What makes the sirens dangerous? |
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He put beeswax in their ears |
What dis odysseus do to his men to keep them from being tempted by the sirens? |
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6 headed sea serpent; she eats people |
What is scylla? Why is she dangerous? |
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Giant whirlpool; she devours ships |
What is charybdis? Why is she dangerous? |
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Do not eat the cattle of Lord helios |
When they arrive in the sea cave on lord helios' island, what warning does odysseus give to his men? |
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It is better to die being struck down by the gods and drowning than to die of starvation. |
What does eurylochus say to persuade odysseus' men to kill the cattle? |
