The Odyssey Part 1 Mega Flashcards

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In Medias Res

in the middle of things (where the story starts)

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Epic simile

elaborately extended comparisons relating heroic events to simple, everyday events

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Epithet

Phrases that describe/characterize a character or item.

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Muse

Any one of the nine goddesses of the arts, literature, and sciences. Are said to inspire poets and other artists.

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Invocation

Formal plea for aid/help from someone, in this case from a muse

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Five characteristics of an epic

  1. The hero is a great leader who is identified strongly with a particular people or society

  2. The setting is broad and often includes supernatural realms, especially the land of the dead

  3. The hero does great deeds in battle or undertakes an extraordinary journey or quest

  4. Sometimes gods or other supernatural/fantastic beings take part in the action

  5. The story is told in heightened language

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Archetype

A pattern that appears in literature across cultures and is repeated through the ages (character, lot, image, setting)

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How long does it take Odysseus to fight the Trojan War, & how long does it take him to get home?

10 years and 10 years, for a total of 20 years

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Homer

Author of Iliad and Odyssey, lived between 800 and 700 BCE, revered as the greatest of the Greek poets, mostly unknown info, likely was blind

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Who is the first person that Odysseus meets in the Land of the Dead, and what do they discuss?

Elpenor - a crewmate of theirs that died on Aeaea (Circe) and wants a proper burial and memorial

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Who is the second person that Odysseus meets in the Land of the Dead, and what do they talk about?

Anticlea - Odys mother, brief interaction but Odysseus realizes she is dead and grieves that loss

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Who is the third person that Odysseus meets in the Land of the Dead, and what do they talk about?

Tiresias - Blind old prophet who tells Odysseus his fate

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Lotus-Eaters

Live on an island with lotuses, and when you eat a lotus you are persuaded to stay there forever

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Ismarus

Where Odysseus and his men fight the Cicones because they rebelled and ate and drank there

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Eurylochus

One of Odysseus’s men, forms the plan to steal Helios’ cattle and convinces the other men

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Cronus

Father of Zeus, ate his children

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Ogygia

The isle where the nymph Calypso lives, Ody. stays there for 7 years

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Telemachus

The son of Odysseus and Penelope

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Scylla

6 headed sea monster

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Circe

Sorceress, Ody and his men went to her island and she turned all the men into pigs but Ody took something and he was not turned into one

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Poseidon

King of the ocean

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Laertes

Father of Odysseus and King of Ithaca

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Nohbdy

The name that Ody gives Poly to trick him

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Tiresias

Old blind prophet that tells Ody his fate

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Alcinous

King of Phaecia that Odysseus is telling his story to

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Laestrygonians

Cannibal giants that eat/destroy all Odys ships and men except for one

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Lampetia

Daughter of Helios who warns her father about them stealing the cattle

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Perimedes

Crewmate, accompanies Odysseus to the underworld and gives sacrifices

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Characteristics of an epic hero

  1. ”Larger than life” person who embodies the highest ideals of his culture

  2. Usually undertakes a quest/journey to achieve something of great value to themselves or society

  3. Epic heroes live on after death meaning they are forever remembered by those who live after them, achieving a type of immortality

  4. Not a “superman” with magical powers, but a “regular” human whose aspirations and accomplishments set them apart

  5. Overcomes great obstacles/opponents but maintains humanity

  6. Often epic hero needs to connect with “lesser” humans

  7. The epic hero is an archetypal character