The Odyssey Study Guide for Unit Test
What to know--1)
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Title of the story
Author of the story
Type of Literature piece it is.
Main characters
What is a Muse?
Settings of where each book takes place.
Book 4- the stories that King Menelaus tells Telemachus know those
stories. (hint: Old Man of the Sea)
8) Book 5
9) Book 9
10) Book 10
11) Who is the person Odysseus went to go see in the House of Death?
12) How long was Odysseus journey in total?
13) Book 16
14) Book 24
Study these Epithets
1) Hermes- Giant killer
2) Penelope- Self- obsessed
3) Suitors- Swaggering
4) Zeus- Thunder god
5) Athena- Glistening eyes
6) Calypso- Lovely braids
7) Poseidon- Earth-shaker
8) Telemachus- Cool-headed
9) Odysseus- Lion-hearted
10) Eumaeus- Loyal Swineherd.