ODYSSEY
VOCABULARY
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- WHAT IS THE ILLIAD
- THE STORY OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE GREEKS (ATHENIANS) AND THE TROJANSD
- HOW DID HE MAKE HIS LIVING?
- HE WAS A "BARD" OR A SINGING POET
- WHEN DID HOMER LIVE?
- LIVED IN THE 9TH CENTURY
- WHAT DID THE BARD DO?
- MEMORIZED ALL OF THE POEMS, SONGS--PLAYED IN HOMES AFTER FEASTS--TOOK ON THE ROLE OF ENTERTAINER, WRITER AND HISTORIAN
- HADES
- ODYSSEUS GOES TO HADES (LAND OF THE DEAD/UNDERWORLD--TIRIESIAS (BLIND PROPHET) TELLS HIM TO AVOID HELIOS CATTLE--TIRIESIAS ALSO TELLS HIM THAT HE WILL REACH HOME BUT MUST WIN HIS WIFE BACK AND DEFEAT THE SUITORS--ODYSSEUS TALKS TO HIS DEAD MOTHER AND GETS AN UPDATE ON ITHACA--HE SPEAKS TO MANY GREEK HEROES FROM HIS TIME AND THE PAST
- ATHENA
- GODDESS WHO SUPPORTS ODYSSEUS AND HIS FAMILY
- ISMARUS
- LOTUS EATERS, CYCLOPS, ACOLUS (IN CHARGE OF THE WIND"
- SCYLLA
- MONSTER
- HADES
- UNDERWORLD, WORLD OF THE DEAD
- ANTINOUS
- STRONGEST BIGGEST AND MOST DANGEROUS OF THE SUITORS,
- PENELOPE
- GIVES BACKGROUND INFORMATION
- ODYSSEUS
- GONE FOR 20 YEARS (10 YEARS FIGHTING IN THE TROJAN WAR) IS TRYING TO GET HOME--KNOWN FOR HIS ABILITY TO "OUTSMART OTHERS"
- WHAT KIND OF HISTORY DURING THAT PERIOD
- NO WRITTEN HISTORY DURING HIS LIFE. IT WAS ORAL HISTORY..WORD OF MOUTH
- CIRCE'S ISLAND
- CIRCE TURNS THE CREW INTO PIGS--ODYSSEUS GETS ADVICE FROM HERMES, MESSENGER GOD --ODYSSEUS AND HIS MEN STAY WITH CIRCE FOR AS YEAR--THEY MUST HEAD TO HADES FOR DIRECTIONS
- WHAT KIND OF WORLD DID HE LIVE IN?
- GREEK WORLD
- PENELOPE
- ALWAYS FAITHFUL TO ODYSSEUS
- WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ODYSSEUS RETURNS HOME
- IN ITHACA HE TRIES TO PUT THINGS BACK IN THEIR PROPER ORDER
- EURYMACHUS
- SUITOR WHO HAS THE POWER TO CONVINCE
- ISLE OF THE CYCLOPS
- LAND ON THE BEACH--ODYSSEUS SELECTS A SMALL PARTY TO E XPLORE--THEY GO INTO A CAVE OF ONE OF THE CYCLOPS--THE CYCLOPS IS NOT WELCOMING--HE EATS SOME OF ODYSSEUS MEN FOR A MEAL --A GIANT ROCK IN THE DOORWAY IS PREVENTING ESCAPE--THEY FIND A GIANT WOODEN CLUB AND FORM IT INTO A POINT--ODYSSEUS TRICKS POLYPHEMUS
- QUEEN OF ATHENS
- HELEN
- CICONES AT ISMARRUS
- ATTACKED THE CITY--TOOK WOMEN AND PROPERTY--STAYED TOO LONG--EVENTUALLY WERE BEATEN BACK BY OTHER CICONES FROM THE ISLAND--HAD TO FLEE WITH AT LEAST SIX MEN KILLED FROM EACH SHIP
- SMENELAUS
- KING OF SPARTA AND HUSBAND OF HELEN, WELCOMES TELEMACHUS DURING VISIT
- SIRENS
- THREE SINGING LADIES, THEY TEMPT YOU WITH A SONG BUT ACTUALLY WANT YOU TO DIE ON THE ROCKS
- EPIC POEM
- A NARRATIVE (TELLS A STORY) POEM THAT IS SET ON A GRAND SCALE (USUALLY THE ENTIRE KNOWN WORLD OF A CULTURE) AND PUTS DOWN IMPORTANT CULTURAL INFORMATION
- POSIDAN
- GOD OF THE EAS AND ENEMY OF ODYSSEUS
- WHO WAS AN ANCIENT GREEK POET
- HOMER
- WHAT IS THE ODYSSEY
- STORY OF ODYSSEUS RETURNING HOME FROM THE TROJAN WAR
- "EN MEDIAS RES:
- THE MIDDLE WAY
- KING OF ATHENS
- MENEALAUS
- ISLAND OF THE LOTUS EATER
- PEOPLE HERE EAT THE DELICIOUS LOTUS FRUIT--SOME OF ODYSSEUS MEN EAT LOTUS AND DON'T WANT TO LEAVE, THEY FORGET ABOUT HOME--ODYSSEUS CARRIES THESE MEN TO THE SHIP AND TIES THEM DOWN AND SAILS AWAY
- PIGS
- TURNS THEM BACK INTO MEN
- ZEUS
- KING OF GODS, SOMETIMES AGAINST ODYSSEUS
- LAERTES
- ODYSSEUS FATHER
- LAESTRYGONIANS
- ODYSSEUS' CREW ROWS TO THIS ISLAND--THE LAESTRYGONIAN KING, ANTIPHATES AND HIS QUEEN, CAPTURE COOK AND EAT ODYSSEUS' MEN WHO WERE SENT TO EXPLORE THE AREA--THEY ALSO SINK ALL OF THE SHIPS EXCEPT ODYSSEUS OWN SHIP
- WHAT DID HOMER WRITE
- "THE ILLIAD" AND "THE ODYSSEY"
- WHO ARE THE PRINCES OF TROY
- PARIS AND HECTOR
- LASTRYGONIANS
- GIANTS, MAN-EATERS SINK ALL THE SHIPS BUT ODYSSEUS'
- TELEMACHUS
- 20 YEARS OLD--A JOURNEY OF HIS OWN
- CIRCE'S ISLAND
- GODDESS WITCH, PUTS SPELL ON THE CRREW AND MAKES THEM INTO PIGS
- TRIP
- ODYSSEUS' FLEET SAILS TO ACOLIA, HOME OF AEOLUS WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE WINDS
- CULTURAL NORM
- POSITIVE THINGS IN A CULTURE THAT WERE PASSED DOWN THROUGH THE POEMS
- TELEMACHUS
- UPDATES THE STORY
- WHAT DOES ACOLUS CREATE
- HE CREATES A HELPFUL WIND INTO A BAY. THE CREW THINKS THE GAG IS FULL OF TREASURE AND TRIES TO OPEN IT. THE "EVIL' WIND BLOWS OUT AND PUSHES THE SHIPS BACK TO ACOHLA