The Cyclops | The Land of the Dead | People | Vocabulary | Twenty Years Gone |
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What is Polyphemus?
The cyclops Odysseus met.
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What is Circe.
The sorceress-goddess.
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What is Odysseus?
King of Ithaca.
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What is libations?
Wine or other liquids poured upon the ground as a sacrifice or offering.
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What is Athena?
God that makes Odysseus an old beggar.
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What is nohbdy?
The name Odysseus uses to trick the cyclops.
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What is all the winds except the favorable west wind?
What does Odysseus get from Aeolus, the king of winds?
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What is Penelope?
Odysseus’ wife.
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What is dissemble?
Put on an appearance or disguise.
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What is Argus?
Loyal dog who waited for Odysseus.
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What is wine?
What Odysseus uses to make the cyclops fall asleep.
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What is swine?
What did Circe turn Odysseus’ men into?
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What is Calypso?
Sea goddess who loves Odysseus.
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What is oblation?
Offering to a god.
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What is Antinous?
The most arrogant and loud suitor.
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What is blinding him?
How does Odysseus injure the cyclops.
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What is Tiresias?
Who did Odysseus meet with after summoning the land of the dead?
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What is Hermes?
Messenger of the gods.
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What is cutter?
Small, swift boat carried aboard a large ship to transport personnel or supplies.
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What is to sew a quilt then disassemble it at night.
What is the plan Odysseus’ wife uses to hold off on marriage.
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What is hiding under the sheep?
The plan Odysseus used to escape the cyclops.
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What is his mother and sister?
Who does Odysseus learn died after he left.
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What is Charybdis?
Enormous and dangerous whirlpool.
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What is whim?
Sudden thought or wish to do something.
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What is she tells the servant to move the bed and he knows that’s not possible?
How does Odysseus’ wife know it is really him.
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