| Question | Answer |
| Plunder (If you plunge a toilet you use alot of force so plundered..) | “...after he plundered the stronghold on the proud height of Troy…” (491).
Took something by force |
| Guile (what is odessuys) | “Men hold me formidable for guile in peace and war…” (492).
Cunning, craftiness, specilization |
| Mutinous (M= mean) | “My men were mutinous, fools, on stores of wine,” (493).
Rebellious, against the rules |
| Lee ( the LEEWay side remember world geo no _ _ _ _) | “We...unshipped the oars, and pulled for the nearest lee,” (493).
Area sheltered from the wind |
| Victuals (kind of like ambrosia just not from gods) | “A wineskin full
I brought along, and victuals in a bag,”(495)
Food or other provisions (495) |
| Kids (yk this one) | “a drying rack that sagged with cheeses, pens
crowded with lambs and kids,20 each in its class:” (495)
Young goats (495) |
| Prodigious ( A prodigy has BIG influence of BIG size) | “A prodigious man
slept in this cave alone,” (494)
Enormous (494) |
| Talents ( you get paid for your talent) | “...He gave me seven shining, golden talents…” (495).
Units of money in ancient Greece |
| Whey (No WHEY you would drink that part of the milk) | “And vessels full of whey were brimming there - bowls of earthenware and pails for milking,” (495).
The watery part of the milk separated from the curds. |
| Boughs (think B= Branches) | “When he came
he had a load of dry boughs” (496)
Tree branches (496) |
| Withy (sounds naturey) | “...Sieved out the curds to drip in withy baskets…” (496).
Made from tough and flexible twigs. |
| Brace (you brace for impact with TWO arms or a ____ of arms) | “he caught
another brace of men to make his breakfast,” (498)
Pair (498) |
| Din (in Din parties its loud so that means) | “There was a din of whistling as the Cyclops rounded his flock to higher ground…” (498).
Loud continuous noise, uproar |
| Ambrosia ( sounds like drink, drink is food) from who? | “but here’s a bit of nectar and ambrosia!” (499)
Food of the gods (499) |
| Sage (yk this one) | “To this rough shout, they made a sage reply” (501)
Wise (501) |
| Pinioned (pinned) | “There Perimedes and Eurylochus
pinioned the sacred beasts.” (507)
Confined or shackled (507) |
| Libations (Liberals sacrifice for common god so libations are ) | “...And poured libations round it to the unnumbered dead…” (507).
Wine or other liquids poured upon the ground as a sacrifice or offering. |
| Votive (votive, VO_ to ___ or T for __anks) | “I spaded up the votive pit…” (507).
Done to fulfill a vow or express thanks |
| Kine (K like C) | “Avoid those kine, hold fast to your intent”(509)
Cattle (509) |
| Hecatombs (hectares large amount of land = hecatombs but murderous way) | “...Carry out pure hecatombs at home to all wide heaven’s lords, the undying gods, to each in order,” (509)
large-scale sacrifices to the
gods in ancient Greece; often,
the slaughter of 100 cattle at
one time. |
| Travail (on a trail you have to persevere which means its) | “And all this time,
in travail, sobbings, gaining on the current,”(514)
Very hard work (514) |
| Maelstrom (strom- storm scylla and charybdis which is a) | “But when she swallowed the seawater down we saw the funnel of the maelstrom” (514)
Large, violent whirlpool (514) |
| Cuirass (cUirAss) | Armor Upper body
“...So I tied on my cuirass and took up two heavy spears…” (514)
Amor for the upper body. |
| Beeves (starts with bee_) | “There was none.
The silken beeves of Hellos were dead” (518)
Plural form of beef (518) |
| Cairn (you show thanks or CARE for dead figures by building a ) | “but fire my corpse, and all the gear I had,
and build a cairn” (508)
Heap of stones built as a monument (508) |
