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Eric Fox<br />
The Odyssey Study Guide<br />
Epic- long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero<br />
Epic Hero- central figure of an epic<br />
In Media Res- starting in the middle and flashing back to the start<br />
Homeric Simile- elaborate comparison of unlike things<br />
Poseidon- Greek god of the sea, father of Polyphemus<br />
Athena- Greek goddess of wisdom and battle helps Odysseus throughout the epic<br />
Zeus- Greek god of the sky kills Odysseus’s men but helps him get home<br />
Helios- Greek god of the sun, his cattle are eaten by Odysseus’s men which get them killed<br />
Calypso- falls in love with Odysseus and wants to keep him on her island<br />
Circe- helps Odysseus by telling him what to do<br />
Epithet- phrase that follows a person’s name to describe them<br />
Odysseus- main character, epic hero, in the poem<br />
Penelope- wife of Odysseus<br />
Telemachus- son of Odysseus<br />
Polyphemus- Cyclops that Odysseus stabs in the eye<br />
Tiresias- blind prophet who advises Odysseus<br />
Antinous- leader of the suitors<br />
Argus- Odysseus’s dog that dies after seeing Odysseus after 20 years<br />
Eumaeus- old swine heard of Odysseus<br />
Scylla- sea monster of gray rock<br />
Charybdis- enormous whirlpool
Multiple Choice Questions<br />
Circe warns of the dangers he will face: sirens, Scylla, Charybdis, and to not eat the cattle of the sun god<br />
and advises him to go to the land of the dead to talk to Tiresias<br />
Tiresias tells Odysseus that Zeus is going to punish him, he will face Scylla and Charybdis, he shall not eat<br />
Helios’s cattle, he will survive but his crew will die, he will come home to his house filled with suitors,<br />
and then he will kill them.<br />
After Odysseus convinces Telemachus he is his father he tells him their plan to kill all the suitors in the<br />
house, and that Telemachus is not allowed to tell anyone that Odysseus is back<br />
Odysseus says to Antinous after he is hit with a stool that he hopes that Antinous dies before his<br />
wedding day<br />
5 traits of an epic hero-<br />
Short Answer<br />
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Larger than life qualities<br />
Natural leader of men<br />
Appealing to opposite sex<br />
Defeats monsters (bad guys)<br />
Has good on their side<br />
How Odysseus fulfilled the steps on A Hero’s Journey<br />
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Ordinary World<br />
Call to Adventure<br />
Refusal to the call<br />
Meeting a Mentor<br />
Crossing the Threshold<br />
Tests, Allies, Enemies<br />
Approach to the Inmost Cave<br />
The Ordeal<br />
Reward<br />
The Road Back<br />
The Resurrection<br />
Return with the Elixir
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