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odyssey 1-5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| where is odysseus captive | island of ogypia held by calypso |
| why do telemachus and his mother need odysseus | to get rid of the suitors who have ransacked their house |
| what does athena advise telemachus to do | gather a crew and sail to pylos and sparta in search of his father; kill the unwelcome suitors |
| what is the trick penelope plays on suitors | she tells them she will pick one of them once she finishes her weaving; every night she undoes her weaving |
| what is nestor's reaction when he realizes telemachus's companian is athena | shocked and awes respects telemachus for being accompanied by her sacrifices an unbroken heifer with gilded horns to her |
| what is antinous's plan to destroy telemachus | ambush and wreck him at sea |
| what is the oldest written record of ancient greece | the odyssey/ illiad |
| when were the illiad/ odyssey composed | 750- 725 BC |
| how were the illiad / odyssey initally told | orally / sung |
| when does the illiad take place | tenth year of the trojan war |
| which goddess is most on odysseus's side | athena |
| to which event is the writing of the odyssey / illiad near | the greek's creation of their own alphabet modeled after phoenecian |
| which traditionally greek values does the odyssey show | fixed model of heroism good life full of riches disgrace due to dishonor is the worst thing that can happen to a hero a short life of glorious deeds is better than a long life of peace |
| who is homer | blind poet from about 3000 years ago who wrote the odyssey / illiad traveled around entertaining and enlightening |
| what are homers poems written in | dactylic hexameter ; each verse has five feet |
| what is an epic | long narrative poem spanning several years recounts heroic deeds central hero traditionally sung |
| what were the greek rules for epics | must begin in media res poets had to ask a muse for divine inspiration |
| how is the odyssey a metaphor for life | life is a journey with stumbling blocks (odysseus had to overcome obstacles ) |
| how did the gods of greece differ from gods of other countries | more flawsome and human more easy to relate to prior gods were inhuman |
| what does edith hamilton mean by the "miracle of greek mythology" | a more humanized world freed from fear of earlier unknown gods |
| what are some of the dark spots to which edith hamilton refers | the gods often did not act admirably and had a low level of humanity limited sense of right and wrong |
| how does edith hamilton define/ explain mythology ? | early science to explain unknown things pure entertainment how humans felt and thought years ago |
| how does the author explain different views of the same god | the ideas of the gods changed as greek society needed them to ( zeus changed from a tyrant to a father figure) |
| who was the commander in chief of the greeks | agamemnon |
| who was the king of sparta | menelaus |
| who was the king of ithaca | odysseus |
| who were the greeks three greatest warriors | achilles diomedes ajax |
| who was achilles closest friend | patroclus |
| who was the oldest and wisest greek chieftan | nestor |
| who was protesilaus | first man to leap overboard at shore certain death |
| who was calchus | soothsayer who can speak to the gods |
| what gods were on the greek side | hera poseidon athena |
| who was the king of troy | priam |
| who was the prince of troy and the greatest warrior | hector |
| who was the cause of the trojan war | paris |
| who was deiphobus | hector's brother; athena took his form |
| who was aeneas | best warrior next to hector; only trojan hero to escape the greeks |
| who was pandarus | broke truce by shooting an arrow at menelaus; persuaded by athena |
| who was astyanax | hector's son; sacrificed |
| what gods were on the trojan side | ares aphrodite apollo artemis |
| what was the peloponnesian war | war between athens and sparta that lasted 27 years and ended with athens surrender |
| what were slaves in sparta called | helots |
| on what occasions did the greeks dance | religious rituals victory celebrations festivals |
| who were the four major dramatists of ancient greece | aeschylus sophocles euripides aristophanes |
| what is the acropolis and the parthenon | hill overlooking athenas and temple honoring athena on top |
| what is a rhapsode | person who memorized / recited epics |
| who were the 3 greatest thinkers of ancient greece | socrates plato aristotle |
| what were some events of the ancient olympics | boxing wrestling javelin discus races |
| what is an epithet | a brief descriptive phrase used to characterize a particular thing |
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