Odyssey note sheet

Rhapsodes

Sticking together

Odyssey is a sequel to what other work by Homer

Illiad

Common theme between the two stories

Do not under any circumstances get stuck in the wrath of the gods

 Hubris 

Pride towards the gods 

Why do the Greek gods believe in xenia

It is an established duty to provide support for all people

Media res

The middle of things

In what country do the ruins of Troy reside

Turkey

In what century do the historians believe the real Trojan war occurred 

During the twelfth and thirteenth century b.c.

Discord

Disagreement between people

what three goddesses believed they should receive the apple

Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite

why must the other city-states of Greece agree to help Menelaus

They had all been taken before

How  did Odysseus avoid trying to go off to war 

Pretended to be insane 

How did Achilles try to avoid going off to war

by disusing himself as a women

Who kills hector

Achilles

Who kills Achilles and how

Killed by Paris, the trojan prince he shot an arrow at him and hit him in the heel

Who devises the trojan horse 

Odysseus 

What do we know about homer

He is presumed to be the author of the Iliad and the odyssey he was a Greek poet