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English: Odyssey Flashcards

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Poseidon

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god of sea

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Zeus

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ruler of gods on mt olympus

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Athena

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goddess of wisdom, shares qualities of cleverness intelligence and wisdom with ody

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Hermes

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messenger of gods

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Odysseus

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king of ithaca

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Penelope

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Odys wife

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Telemachus

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Odys son

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Laertes

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Odys father

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Eurycleia

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Odys old nurse that recognizes his scar on his thigh

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Eumaes

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odys faithful swineherd

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Mentor

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odys friend, an ithacan noble

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Antinous

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leader of penelopes suitors, first suitor killed by ody

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Eurymachus

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another leading suitor

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Melanthius

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disloyal goatherd of ody

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Melantho

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Disloyal maidservant of penelope

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Menelaus

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king of lacedaemon living at sparta

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Wandering of Odysseus

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  1. raid on the cicones
  2. adventures with the lotus eaters
  3. adventure with polyphemus
  4. visit with aeolus
  5. attack by the laestrygonians
  6. adventure with circe
  7. descent into the underworld
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Elpenor

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Odys shipmate

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Teiresias

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blind prophet of thebes

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Achaea

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ancient name for greece

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Agamemnon

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commander in cheif of greek forces, often compared to Odys family situation

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Aigustus

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cousin of agamemnon and menelaus, seduces clymenestra while agamemmnjn is away, murders agamemnon but killed by orestes

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Archetype

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elemental pattern of myth and ritual wich reccurs in the legends and ceremonies of diverse cultured.

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Bard

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singer of epic poetry

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Calypso

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nymph or minor goddess who keeps ody captive on her island ogygya for seven years until the gods demand odys release

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Charybdis

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a very dangerous female monster who sucks up water and spits it out like a whirlpool

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Circe

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witch goddess, turns half of odys men into pigs and spends a year with ody

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Clytemnestra

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wife of Agamemnon, mother of orestes, half sister of Helen. takes agistius as her lover while agamemnon is away and helps kill him. killed by orestes son

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Cyclops

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son of Poseidon, one of a race of guantix brutes whoss island ody visits

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Epic hero

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dominant character in epic quest, larger than life, having superman strength, character or intellect

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Epic Poetry

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a long narrative poem in a great and serious subject, set in certain time snd place, told in elevated style, and centered on a heroic figure on whose action depend on fate of figure

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Epithet

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any word or phrase applies to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality

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Formula

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a grouo of words regularly used under the same metrical conditions to convey a particular idea

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Round/Dynamic character

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character that changes

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Flat/Static Character

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character that stays the same

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Hades

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god who rules underworld

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Helen

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daughter of Zeus, sister of Clytemnenstra, said to be the most beautiful women in the world

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In medias res

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in the middle of the subject, typical opeing of an epic

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Ithaca

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home of Ody

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Kleos

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glory or fame, especially as recalled after death, this us what epic gives its hero

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Metis

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wisdom, most common epithet for Ody

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Laustrygones

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monstrous cannibals who destroy 11 of Odys 12 ships

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Melanthius

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movkd and kicks the disguised Ody

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Muses

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daughters of Zeus

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Nymphs

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female personification of natural objects

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Nostos

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return or homecomming

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Olympus

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home of gods

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Quest

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journey, test in which hero proves himself

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Sirens

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sea nymphs whose singing bothers sailors to an island with dead victims

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Skylla

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six head dragon like monstor who eats sailors

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Theme

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like a motif, central idea to convey reader

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Types scenes

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scenes repeated in epic

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Xenia

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guest-host relationship, protected by Zeus and involving a rsnge of reciprocal obligations on part of both parties

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Xenos

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a guest or foreignors

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What role do the gods play?

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They tend to help when others (mainly Ody) when they need it

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Does Odysseus change?

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No because he still lies to Penelope and still depends on the gods but he does becomes humble by asking Apollo to give him glory

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What ideas from greek society shows up in the book?

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hospitality, pathos(persuading someone by a feeling)

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What roles do women play?

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they tend to be the mentor(Athena) but also tend to be a love interest to Ody (Circe, Calypso, and Penelope), Ody also ignores his mother in the underworld

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