Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
25 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
formidable
|
inspiring respect or wonder because of strength or abilities; causing fear or dread or alarm
|
|
|
guile - noun
|
craftiness, cunning, clever
|
|
|
mutinous
|
rebellious
|
|
|
prodigious
|
very large, enormous
|
|
|
victuals
|
food
|
|
|
ninny
|
a person who is a fool
|
|
|
poseidon
|
greek god that controls earthquakes, storms. god of the sea. polyphemus's father
|
|
|
polyphemus
|
the name of that Cyclops that holds Odysseus captive. son of poseidon
|
|
|
ignoble
|
dishonorable, shameful
|
|
|
erebus
|
entrance to the land of the dead
|
|
|
overweening
|
showing excessive confidence or pride
|
|
|
sage
|
a wise man
|
|
|
kine
|
cattle
|
|
|
tiresias
|
the blind prophet who warns Odysseus of troubles to come
|
|
|
insidious
|
evil, nefarious, casuing harm
|
|
|
supplication
|
prayer, a humble and sincere request made to a higehr power
|
|
|
dissemble
|
disguise, conceal with false appearance
|
|
|
icredulity
|
disbelief, douby
|
|
|
haughty
|
arrogant, supercilious, concerited, over confident
|
|
|
impudence
|
naming the quality of being bold, disrespectful, haughty.
|
|
|
glowering
|
glaring, looking hard, scowling
|
|
|
Homeric Simile
|
- an elaborate extended comparison of two things using
like or as. But the man skilled in all ways contending, satisfied by the great bow’s look and heft, like a musician, like a harper, when with quiet hand upon his instrument he draws between his thumb and forefinger. |
|
|
Homeric Epithet
|
Homeric Epithet - a word or phrase used to describe a person or thing.
Homer tended to repeat the same epithets as an aid to memory. “rosy fingered Dawn” “Odysseus, raider of cities” “Odysseus, master mariner and soldier” |
|
|
archetype
|
an original model or pattern form which other alter copies are made, sepecially a character, an action, or situation that seems to represent common patterns of human life. - often include a symbol, theme, a setting, ora character that some critics think have a common meaning in an entire culture, or even the entire human race.
|
|
|
monomyth
|
one single, extraordinary myth
|
