Study Game

What is the meaning of
“Mammoth”?
 enormous

What is the definition of
“Dispatched”?
 Finished quickley

What is the definition of
“squall”?
 Brief, violent storm

What is the definition of
“plundered”?
 Took goods by force; looted

What is the meaning of
“assuage”?
 To calm; pacify

What is the meaning of
“bereft”?
 deprived

What is the meaning of
“ardor”?
 Passion; enthusiasm

What is the meaning of
“Insidious”?
 Characterized by craftiness or betrayal

Odysseus and his men escape
 What is the climax of the Cyclopes section of the
Odyssey?

Mrs. Lawrence???
 What is an example of rising action in the section of the
Cyclopes?

Mrs. Lawrence???
 What is an example of rising action in the section of the
Cyclopes?

Mrs. Lawrence???
 What is an example of rising action in the section of the
Cyclopes?

Mrs. Lawrence???
 What is an example of rising action in the section of the
Cyclopes?

Mrs. Lawrence???
 What is an example of rising action in the section of the
Cyclopes?

Mrs. Lawrence???
What is an example of falling action in the Cyclopes scene?

Mrs. Lawrence???
What is an example of falling action in the Cyclopes scene?

Mrs. Lawrence???
What is an example of falling action in the Cyclopes scene?

Mrs. Lawrence???
What is an example of falling action in the Cyclopes scene?

O. And his menSailing away
 What is the denouement (resolution) of the Cyclops section?

The Hero of the poem
 Who is Odysseus?

He prevents Odysseus from getting home
 What is Poseidon’s role in the poem?

Odysseus’ wife
 Who is Penelope?

Odysseus’ Son
 Who is Telemachus?

They lost track of time
 What happened when Odysseus’ men ate the lotus flower?

The king who will give
Odysseus a boat in return for Odysseus telling him his adventure
 Who is Alcinous?

A long narrative poem
 What is an epic?

A story that uses fantasy to explain ideas about life
 What is a myth?

A story has been passed down through generations by being told
 What does the phrase “oral tradition” mean?

One who tells stories to make a living
 What is a minstrel?

Author of the Iliad and the
Odyssey
 Who was Homer?

A mutual exchange between two people
 What is reciprocity?

Treat all guests with respect
 What does hospitality mean to the Greeks?

Extreme arrogance or selfpride
 What is hubris?

Homeric Simile
 “In one stride he clutched at my companions and caught them in his hands like squirming puppies to beat their brains out.”
 This quote is an example of what epic convention?

Epithet
 “Son of Laertes and gods of old, master mariner”
 This quote is an example of which epic convention?

God of the sea and of earthquakes
 Who is Poseidon