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Notes: Introduction to The Odyssey
Read pages 640-646 and answer the following questions prior to our reading of The Odyssey.
1. Who wrote the Odyssey?
2. When was the Odyssey written?
3. What is an epic?
4. What are two kinds of epics?
5. How is the Illiad related to the Odyssey?
6. Who were the heroes in Homer’s day?
7. How was Odysseus a “hero in trouble”?
8. Where did Odysseus live?
9. Who were Odysseus’ wife and son?
10. How did the Greeks trick the Trojans with a wooden horse?
11. What is Telmachus searching for in The Odyssey?
12. What is Odysseus searching for?
13. What is a myth?
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14. What do we know about Homer?
15. Who were rhapsodes?
16. How were epics first told?
17. Why did the early epics contain repetitions and formulas for certain descriptions?
18. What is a Homeric simile?
Part 2: Use the vocabulary words to create separate sentences or a whole paragraph about
the gods below. You can find definitions on page 649.
Adversity, Formidable, Ravage, Profusion, Adversary, Rancor, Abominably, Ardor,
Tumult, Restitution