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What task does Penelope set before the suitors as a condition of marriage? (There are two—mention at least one.) Answer

String Odysseus’ bow –or--

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What does Odysseus, in the disguise of a beggar, do to Antinous that angers the rest of the suitors? Answer

He shoots an arrow into his throat Home

What “test” does Penelope give to Odysseus to be sure it is really he?

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She tells a servant to move the bed out of the room and Odysseus knows that the bed is created out of a tree and can’t be moved. Home

In The Land of the Dead, Odysseus seeks his destiny. Who does he see for help?

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Teiresias of ThebesThe blind ProphetHome

Which god helps Odysseus prepare to visit Circe? How does the god help Odysseus- be specific?

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Hermes. He gives Odysseus a plant called Moly that acts as an antidote to Circe’s power. Home

What do the beings in the underworld need (or else they will fade)? Answer

Blood Home

Describe two physical aspects of the Monster Scylla

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This monster has twelve legs, six heads, and three rows of teeth.Home

he ate his children until his wife tricked him by handing her husband a rock

Name the husband and wife

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Cronus and Rhea

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Odysseus initially tried to avoid going to war by acting crazy. How was he tricked into proving that he was sane?

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The people who came to get him threw his baby in front of his plow

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When Oddyseus is talking to the king the audience is getting a _________.

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Flashback Home

How does Odysseus make the situation worse once he and his men are sailing away from the Cyclops?

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He screams his name and where he is from

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Teiresias , the Blind Prophet warns Odysseus to not eat______________ - Why?

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Cattle because they belong to Apollo and he will be angry

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Why didn’t Odysseus’ men just kill the Cyclops?

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They knew they couldn’t roll the rock away from the entrance

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Who said this:“…after these years with me, you still desire your old home? Even so, I wish you well. If you could see it all, before you go–all the adversity you face at sea–you would stay here, and guard this house, and be immortal…Can I be less desirable than she is?” Answer

CalypsoHome

“Sweet cousin ram, why lag behind the rest in the night cave? You never linger so, but graze before them all, and go afar to crop sweet grass… Why, now, so far behind?”

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Cyclops or Polyphemus

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Who says this “Steer wide; keep well to seaward; plug

your oarsmen’s ears with beeswax kneaded soft; none of the rest should hear that song. But if you wish to listen, let the men tie you in the lugger, hand and foot, back to mast, lashed to the mast, so you may hear those Harpies’ thrilling voices…”

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CirceHome

What do you call the extended comparisons used in Homer’s works that compare a heroic deed to something in everyday life?

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epic simile/ heroic simile/ Homeric simile

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Who is the god of wine?

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DionysusBachus

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Who is the goddess of agriculture?

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Demeter

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What goddess is responsible for love?

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Aphrodite

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What is one thing Hephaestus is the god of?

Blacksmiths/fire/crafts/Forge

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Hera was angry about Zeus’ infidelity and to hide it he turned a girlfriend into a cow. Who was the girlfriend

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IO a nymph

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God of WarSon of Zeus and HeraBloodthirsty and merciless

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Ares

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Young God of LoveSon of Aphrodite and Hephaestus

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Cupid or Eros

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Name two of the Titans

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Cronos (Saturn): Ruler of the titans Rhea: Wife of Cronos Ocean: River that encircled the world Iapetus: Father of Prometheus,

Epimetheus, and Atlas (also titans)

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