LL1 The Odyssey Test study guide
Polyphemus
Cyclops, eats Odysseus' men, throws rocks at ship
Zeus
God of the sky
Athena
Goddess of wisdom, aided Odysseus, blocked arrows
Greek side
Hera, Athena, Poseidon, Hermes, and Hephaestus
Odysseus
King of Ithaca, warrior, hero
Antinous
Most disrespectful suitor, one of the first he kills
Tiresias
blind prophet who advised Odysseus in the underworld
How the Trojan War began
caused by Paris, son of the Trojan king, and Helen, wife of the Greek king Menelaus, when they went off together to Troy
Charybdis
enormous and dangerous whirlpool
Apollo
god of prophecy and archery
Poseidon
god of the sea, father of Polyphemus
Alcinous
king of the Phaeacians, to whom Odysseus tells his story
Hermes
messenger of the gods and the conductor of the dead to Hades
Calypso
sea goddess who loved Odysseus (7 years)
Scylla
6 headed monster
Epithet
A descriptive name or phrase used to characterize someone or something
Epic
A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
Epic simile
A simile developed over several lines of verse
Persephone
Queen of the underworld
Telemachus
Son of Odysseus
Helios
Sun god, owns the cattle
How the war ended
They build a huge wooden horse and leave it outside the gates of Troy, as an offering to the gods, while they pretend to give up battle and sail away
Penelope
Wife of Odysseus
Circe
Witch, turns men into pigs, they live with her for a year
Epic Hero
a brave and noble character in an epic poem