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1 How well do you know these terms? The Odyssey

2 1. God of the sea

3 2. The beautiful witch- goddess who transforms Odysseus' crew into swine when he lands on her island

4 3. Favorite daughter of Zeus. Greek goddess of wisdom, war and peace; friend of Odysseus

5 4.Creatures who can spellbind any man alive who catches their voice in the air.

6 5. This six headed monster lives on a cliff overlooking a strait of water

7 6. Female monster who sucks water to form a deadly whirlpool

8 7. Sun god

9 8. Son of Odysseus and Penelope, heir to the throne of Ithaca

10 9. Home of Odysseus

11 10. Main character of the Odyssey. Son of Laertes, husband of Penelope, and father of Telemachus a cunning, shrewd and eloquent hero.

12 11. The wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity

13 12. A main character in an epic whose legendary or heroic actions are central to his/her culture, race, or nation.

14 13. A long journey

15 14. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds

16 15. A Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

17 16. Epic poem that tells the story of the Trojan War

18 17. The world of the dead

19 18. Greeks; specifically, the people of Achaea in northeastern Greece.

20 19. Legendary people visited by Odysseus, they live on a plant whose fruit induces stupor and forgetfulness of home

21 20. The father of Odysseus

22 21. King of the Phaeacians, who helps Odysseus.

23 22. A mortal whom Zeus has appointed keeper of the winds.

24 23. The sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years

25 24. A cyclops (one- eyed giant) and son of Poseidon

26 25. Messenger and herald of the gods

27 26. Blind prophet who advised Odysseus

28 27. King of the gods

29 28. Race of one-eyed monsters who live lawless and don't fear the gods

30 29. The act of appealing for help

31 30. Bold suitor, leader of the suitors, first to get shot with arrow.

32 31. A mountain in Greece, which is home to many of the gods and goddesses

33 POSEIDON 1. God of the sea

34 CIRCE 2. The beautiful witch- goddess who transforms Odysseus' crew into swine when he lands on her island

35 ATHENA 3. Favorite daughter of Zeus. Greek goddess of wisdom, war and peace; friend of Odysseus

36 SIRENS 4. Creatures who can spellbind any man alive who catches their voice in the air.

37 SCYLLA 5. This six headed monster lives on a cliff overlooking a strait of water

38 CHARYBDIS 6. Female monster who sucks water to form a deadly whirlpool

39 HELIOS 7. Sun god

40 TELEMACHUS 8. Son of Odysseus and Penelope, heir to the throne of Ithaca

41 ITHACA 9. Home of Odysseus

42 ODYSSEUS 10. Main character of the Odyssey. Son of Laertes, husband of Penelope, and father of Telemachus a cunning, shrewd and eloquent hero.

43 PENELOPE 11. The wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity

44 EPIC HERO 12. A main character in an epic whose legendary or heroic actions are central to his/her culture, race, or nation.

45 ODYSSEY 13. A long journey

46 EPIC 14. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds

47 HOMER 15. A Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

48 ILIAD 16. Epic poem that tells the story of the Trojan War

49 UNDERWORLD/ HADES/ELEBUS 17. The world of the dead

50 ACHAEANS 18. Greeks; specifically, the people of Achaea in northeastern Greece.

51 LOTUS EATERS 19. Legendary people visited by Odysseus, they live on a plant whose fruit induces stupor and forgetfulness of home

52 LAERTES 20. The father of Odysseus

53 ALCINUOUS 21. King of the Phaeacians, who helps Odysseus.

54 AEOLUS 22. A mortal whom Zeus has appointed keeper of the winds.

55 CALYPSO 23. The sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years

56 POLYPHEMUS 24. A cyclops (one- eyed giant) and son of Poseidon

57 HERMES 25. Messenger and herald of the gods

58 TIRESIAS 26. Blind prophet who advised Odysseus

59 ZEUS 27. King of the gods

60 CYCLOPES 28. Race of one-eyed monsters who live lawless and don't fear the gods

61 INVOCATION 29. The act of appealing for help

62 ANTINUOUS 30. Bold suitor, leader of the suitors, first to get shot with arrow.

63 OLYMPUS 31. A mountain in Greece, which is home to many of the gods and goddesses

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