1. A Review Game The Odyssey

3. Odysseus stays with her for seven years

4. Calypso

5. He raises a storm to destroy Odysseus’s raft when he sails from Calypso’s island

6. Poseidon

7. The goddess of wisdom; she favors Odysseus

8. Athena

9. The king of the gods; he sends down a thunderbolt which destroys Odysseus’ remaining ship and causes his crew to drown

10. Zeus

11. She turns Odysseus’s men into pigs

12. Circe

14. A character’s background or family tree is listed

15. Catalog

16. A character brags about his past to gain respect

17. Boasting

18. The gods and goddesses get involved in human affairs

19. Divine Intervention

20. The present is interrupted to go back and tell about something that happened earlier

21. Flashback

22. The social code of taking care of guests and warriors

23. Hospitality Code

25. “‘My name is Noman; aye, and Noman my father and my mother called me and all my comrades.’”

26. Intelligence

27. “‘We are not, friends, untried in danger. This new peril that lies before us is no greater than when the Cyclops caught and held us fast in his hollow cave. Yet we found escape... I think we shall live to tell the tale of this day too.’”

28. Leadership

29. “I put on my glorious armor and I grasped two spears in my hand and took my station on the decked prow, for there I thought I first should see appear this Scylla.”

30. Bravery

31. “Here Cyclops, take this wine, and drink after your feast of human flesh, and learn how good a drink we kept hidden within our ship.’”

32. Intelligence

33. “So there I took my stand by it (a large piece of olive wood) and cut a fathom’s length away, and this I gave my men and bade them shape it. They made it smooth, while I stood by and brought it to a point and charred it in a glowing fire.”

34. Battle Skills

36. “‘I am Odysseus, great Laertes’ son.’”

37. Catalog

38. Odysseus goes to the underworld to talk to the blind prophet, Teiresias

39. Visit to Hades

40. “Zeus now thundered from on high and hurled his bolt upon the ship.”

41. Divine Intervention

42. “Tell me the tale, Muse, of that man of many changes, he who went wandering so far when he had plundered Troy’s sacred citadel.”

43. Call to the Muse

44. While Odysseus is at the Land of the Phaeacians, he recalls his wanderings and tells Alcinous what happened to him after he left Troy

45. Flashback

47. Wife of Odysseus

48. Penelope

49. Creator of The Odyssey

50. Homer

51. Homer’s first epic about the Trojan War

52. The Iliad

53. These giant cannibals destroy 11 of Odysseus’s ships

54. Laestrygonians

55. He is the king in charge of the winds; he places the stormy winds in a bag so Odysseus can sail back to Ithaca

56. King Aeolus

58. Odysseus is tied to the mast so he can hear their song

59. The Sirens

60. This king takes Odysseus in as a stranger, and Odysseus tells him about his travels

61. Alcinous

62. Odysseus is warned not to harm his cattle

63. Helios

64. These characters get three of Odysseus’s men to eat a flower that makes them forget about their homeland

65. The Lotus Eaters

66. Odysseus lost 72 of his men to this powerful army

67. Cicones

69. The character takes a trip to the Underworld

70. Visit to Hades

71. At the beginning of the epic when the poet asks for divine inspiration in telling his story

72. Call to the Muse

73. The action of the epic begins in the middle

74. In Medias Res

75. A phrase that describes or renames a person

76. Epithet

77. An overused, descriptive phrase repeated in the epic; helps the poet memorize his work

78. Stock Phrase

80. The story begins with Telemachus going off in search of his father who never returned from the Trojan War

81. In Medias Res

82. “But when the dawn came, early-born and rosy-fingered.”

83. Stock Phrase

84. “‘If, O Cyclops, a mortal man shall ever ask you how it befell your eye was blinded so hideously, then answer thus: it was Odysseus blinded you, taker of Troy, Laertes’ son who dwells in Ithaca.’”

85. Boasting Epithet Catalog

86. “‘Now we come hither before your knees to pray you give welcome to your guests and grant us such gifts as guests should have.’”

87. Hospitality Code

88. 1000 “‘Odysseus, taker of Troy”

89. 1000 Epithet

91. This monster has 12 tentacle-like legs, six heads on serpent-like necks, and triple, razor-sharp fangs; kills six of Odysseus’ men

92. Scylla

93. A long, narrative poem about a superhuman hero

94. Epic

95. The great Greek warrior killed when a poisoned arrow hit him in his weak spot

96. Achilles

97. A traveling singer of tales

98. Rhapsode

99. This monster swallows sea water, causing a dangerous whirlpool

100. Charybdis