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Odyessy Test
Flashcard for Mrs.Grossi's Odyessy test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aegisthus | Became Clytemnestra’s lover during Agamemnon’s absence during the Trojan War and killed Agamemnon upon his return. He was then killed by Agamemnon’s son, Orestes. |
| Aeolous | - Keeper of the winds. He places all of the bad winds in a bag and gives them to Odysseus. Ithaca is within sight when the ship's crew lets the winds out and the ship is blown far away by the storms within the bag. |
| Agamemnon | The leader of the Greek forces against Troy. He was killed by his wife’s lover, |
| Alcinous | King of the Phaeacians who gave assistance to Odysseus when Odysseus was shipwrecked on his island. |
| Antinous | The evil leader of the suitors. He is the first one Odysseus kill |
| Arete | Wife of Alcinous; queen of Phaeacia. Odysseus grasps her knees and offers gesture of supplication |
| Argos | dog in the epic, there to represent the "current" state of ithaca once O came back |
| Athena | Goddess of wisdom. She comes to Odysseus' aid by intervening with the other gods to bring Poseidon into line and let Odysseus go home. |
| Calypso | A beautiful sea nymph who tries to make Odysseus her husband. She holds him captive for seven years. Calypso offers Odysseus immortality if he will stay with her. |
| Charybdis | - A violent whirlpool. It destroys all ships that get caught in home by boat, having this god angry at you is not a good idea |
| Cylopes | One-eyed giants living on the shores of Sicily. |
| circe | When Odysseus’ crew meets her, she turns them; into pigs. Odysseus becomes her lover, and she later helps him on his journey home. |
| Clytemnestra | killed her husband, Agamemnon to avenge his sacrifice of their daughter, Iphigenia, to secure fair winds for the Greek fleet sailing to Troy. |
| Demodocus | the blind bard in Pheaeacia |
| Elpenor | the drunk guy that was a part of O's crew who jumped off a balcony which led to his fate |
| Eurymachus | A suitor. He is an evil coward. He tries to blame Antinous for all the suitors actions. Eurymachus is the second suitor killed by Odysseus. |
| Eurycleia | An old woman servant who was a devoted nurse to both Odysseus and Telemachus. |
| Eurylochus | Crew member who decides to eat helio's(god of sun's) cattle when O specifically told them NOT to |
| Ino | A minor sea goddess; gave Odysseus a magic scarf when he was shipwrecked. |
| Kalliope | One of the nine muses; the muse of eloquence and heroic poetry. |
| Laestrygonians | a tribe of, gigantic, cannibalistic barbarians featured in Book 10 of Homer's Odyssey, ruled by King Antiphates |
| Laertes | Odysseus' father. He lives on a farm some distance from Odysseus palace. |
| Lotus Eaters | - A people who eat the Lotus plant, a narcotic. |
| Menelaus | - King of Sparta. He was a comrade of Odysseus during the Trojan war. It was the abduction of his wife, Helen, that caused the war. |
| Mentes | long-time friend of Odysseus. In Book 1, the goddess Athena disguises herself as Mentes to visit Ithaca. so |
| Mentor | faithful friend of Odysseus who fought with him at Troy. Athena sometimes appears as Mentor in The Odyssey. |
| Nausicaa | a- Daughter of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians. Found and aided by Odysseus after he was shipwrecked on the Phaeacian coast after leaving Calypso. |
| Nestor | King of Pylos. He fought at Troy with Odysseus. He is known for his wise counsel. |
| Orestes | Agamemnon’s son. Avenged Agamemnon’s murder by killing his mother and her lover, |
| Peisistratus | appearing as the youngest son of King Nestor of Pylos and a close companion to Telemachus. |
| Penelope | The faithful, loyal wife of Odysseus. She patiently waits 20 years for his return. She is Homer’s example of the perfect Greek wife and mother. |
| Polyphemus | Posidons son; cyclops O encounters and blinds |
| Scylla | - A six headed monster that Odysseus must go by to get home. She eats six of his men (one for each head). |
| Sirens | creatures with mesmerizing voices who lure sailors to death on rocky shores |
| Telemachus | Son of Odysseus and Penelope. He was only an infant when his father left to fight in Troy. The Odyssey is also a story about Telemachus’ journey to manhood. |
| Tiresias | A famous, deceased Greek prophet. Odysseus goes to Hades to consult his spirit. |
| Hubris | Excessive pride |
| Nostos | Homeward journey |
| kleos | legacy |
| odyssey | looooong journey |
| Invocation of the Muse | opening in epic poetry where the poet calls upon one of the nine Muses |
| In media res | middle |
| supplication | a formal, ritualized act of desperate begging where a vulnerable person (suppliant) entreats a person of power for mercy, protection, or aid |
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