The Odyssey part 1 study guide
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Plundered
take something by force
Fugitives
people who have fled a dangerous place or harmful situation
avenge
get revenge for a wrong doing
dispatched
finished something quickly
ventured
tried something dangerous
tactics
military procedures.
Which event took place at the start of Part 1 of the Odyssey
The Cicones
What happened during the Cicones
Ody and his men plunder a city. They stay too long, many men die
Which event came second?
The Lotus Eaters
What happens with the Lotus Eaters
The men eat the flowers and forget home
What does Ody do after his men eat the Lotus Flowers?
Ody forces them back on the ship
What happens third
The Cyclops
What first happens with the Cyclops
They enter the cave, eating cheese and drinking wine
What is the cyclops name?
Polyphemus
What does Polyphemus do to Ody’s men
He eats them
What is ody’s response
Ody and his men get the Cyclops drunk, then blind him.
Why don’t they kill the cyclops
Because he was strong enough to move the brick covering the door
How do they escape
Hiding under the bellies of sheeps
What does Ody tell Polyphemus his name is?
Noh-Body
What is hubris?
exessive pride
What is Xenia
the Greeks way of showing hospitality
What does Ody do that made the journey home hard?
Brags to posiden
What happens after Polyphemus (4th)
Aeolus (God of winds)
What does Aeolus do
Give Ody wind to get back home
What does the crew do with Aeolus’s gift
Open the bag, blowing them off course
What happens after Aeolus’s Island?
The Laestrygonians: Cannibal giants destroy all of Odysseus’s ships except his own by throwing boulders from cliffs.
After Ody’s ship is destroyed, what happens next.
Circe, turning the men into pigs.
When does Ody go to the land of the dead?
After circe’s Island.
Who does Ody meet in the land of the dead?
Elpenor,Anticlea,Tiresias
Who is elpenor, what was Ody’s reaction
He was sad, Nobody knew elpenor died. This was his friend
Who is Anticlea, what was Ody’s reaction
He weeped terribly, this is his mother
Who is Tiresias, what was Ody’s reaction
This is the prophet, he is humble
What does the prophet tell ody
To avoid Helios’s cattle
What happens after the land of the dead
The sirens
How does Ody avoid the sirens
beeswax to his mens ears while he is strapped
What happens after the sirens?
Scylla & Charybdis
Who is Scylla
the sea monster with multiple heads
What is charbydis
the whirpool
Ultimately, which one does Ody choose
Syclla
What happens after Scylla?
The Cattle of the Sun god
What will happen is Ody and his men eat the cattle
everyone but Ody will die
What did his men do
eat the Cattle, because they were starved, and tested by the gods.
What happens next?
Calypso, is trapped on her island for years and wants to go home.