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Who is the king of
the winds?
Aelous
Who changes
Odysseus’ men
into swine?
Circe
Who gets drunk
and falls off
Circe’s roof?
Elpenor
Whose cattle does
Tiresias forbid
Odysseus and his
men to eat?
Lord Helios, God
of the Sun
Circe gives Odysseus
advice on three dangers
he will face, name two:
The Sirens, Scylla
and Charybdis
What does
Odysseus sacrifice
to Tiresias? (hint: it
is VERY RARE)
A black lamb
What is a
hecatomb?
Mass sacrifice of
animals to assuage
ALL gods
Who are the “gods
below”
Hades and wife,
Persephone
Who is the second
person Odysseus
sees? (Name)
His mother,
Anticlea
What has Odysseus’
done to anger the
gods?
Blinded Poseidon’s
son, Polyphemus
What is hubris
Extreme pride or
arrogance
What did Odysseus
have to do to
assuage (pacify)
Tiresias
Sacrifice an animal
What does Tiresias
prophesize will
happen when
Odysseus returns
home
Suitors will be
eating his livestock
and courting his
wife
“Avoid those kine, hold fast to your
intent and hard seafaring brings you all
to Ithaca. But if you raid the beeves, I
see destruction for ship and crew”
Tiresias
Who is the “raider
of cities”
Odysseus
What are
sacrifices?
When you kill an
animal to make a
god happy
What does
mutinous mean?
Rebellious
Give me one
example of an
epithet.
1) “Son of Laertes”
2) “raider of cities”
3) “daughter of Autolycus”
Define “assuage”
To calm or pacify
Define
“prodigious”
(i.e. Cyclops was
prodigious)
Enormous
Who are the
Laestrygonians?
Cannibals or maneaters
What does Tiresias
tell Odysseus to do
with Helios’ cattle
DO NOT TOUCH
THEM OR
DESTRUCTION
What do the
Cicones do to
Odysseus’ crew?
Kills 6 benches of
men
Why is the Greek
custom of
hospitality so
important?
Gods/goddesses would disguise themselves as mortals. You
never knew who would be at your door. Therefore, you
had to always treat strangers with respect.
What are Sirens?
½ bird, ½ woman
would sing to lure
sailors to their
death.
Make your wager
Who is Odysseus’
patron goddess?
Athena