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the odyessy

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what is an epic   long story peom  
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who does homer ask for help at the start of the Odyssey?   the 7 muses  
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who is the "man skilled in all ways of contending", the wanderer, harried for years on end...?   odysses  
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what does this statement mean; " But not by will nor valor could he save them, for their own reckless destroyed them all"   the whole crew would die because of how they acted  
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what dooms the ody's crew   eating the sun gods sacred cattle  
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all the gods had pity on ody, except which god?   posieden  
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what Telemachus doing while his father was missing?   searching for ody/ his father  
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who keeps ody for the longest amount of time   calypso  
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how long was ody with calypso   7 years  
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how is ody released from calypso's island?   Zeus commanded Hermes to tell calypso to release ody  
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what two activities was calypso doing when she found ody?   weaving and singing  
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what happens when ody sets off of calypso's island?   posiden destroys his raft  
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how does ody get to another island after his raft was destroyed?   athena and a sea nymph help him  
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where does ody wash up?   Scheria  
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Who finds Ody in Scheria?   Nausiciaa  
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Why do the Phaecians show Ody so much respect and hospitality?   beacuse guests are said to be godsent  
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who is Ody's father   Leartes  
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Where is Ody from?   Ithica  
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which 2 goddesses detained ody on his journey   circe and calypso  
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Where was ody's first stop after troy   Ismaros  
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What was his second stop after troy?   Lotus eaters island  
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3rd stop after troy?   Lustania  
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4th stop after troy?   Cyplops' island  
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5th stop after troy?   Aeolia  
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6th stop after troy?   circe's island  
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what did circe tell him to do after he left her island   go to the underworld  
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Where did ody go after his trip to the under world?   back to circe  
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7th stop after troy and circe?   past the sirens  
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Where did he go after the sirens   scylla  
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where else could he have gone after sirens other than scylla?   charybis  
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where did ody go after scylla?   Helios' island  
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what did ody's crew on the Helios' island (Thrinikia)?   eat his sacred cattle  
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what happened after his crew ate the cattle?   whole crew killed by zeus  
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Where did ody go after his whole crew got killed?   calypso's island  
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where did ody go after calypso's island   Scheria  
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Where did Ody go after Scheria   Home/ Ithica  
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how did the cicones fight?   on horse-back  
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how do they end up on the lotus eater island?   storm destroyed ship, drifted to island  
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what did the lotus on the island do to the men?   made them want to stay and not want to go home  
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what does ody have to do to keep his men on the ship after leaving lotus eater island?   has to tie them to the ship  
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what is the cyclops' name that ody meets?   Polyphemus  
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how is ody so clever?   he is guided by Athena  
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what does Ody ask the cyclops to show?   asks to show his crew hospitality  
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what does the cyclops eat?   men, he ate part of ody's crew  
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how do they escape from cyclops island?   hide under sheep to get away from polyphemus  
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what does ody do that shows hubre/ accessi ve pride   he tells the cyclops his real name right before he leaves  
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where do ody and his crew go after cyclops island?   Aeolia  
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whose island is Aeolia   Aleolus the wind god  
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what does aeolus do to help ody   puts all wind into a bag to keep the sea calm on their journey home  
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what does ody's crew do when they find aeolus' bag of wind   they open it up and create a hurricane that sends them back to aeolia  
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why won't aeolus help ody the second time?   he says that they are cursed by the gods and there is nothing he can do  
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after aeolia where do they go   circe  
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the laestrygonians are canibals how many of the the crew do they eat?   they eat 11/12 ships of men from ody's crew  
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where do they go after the laestrygonians?   they go to Aeaea, circe's island  
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what does circe turn ody's men into when they are on her island?   pigs  
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who gives ody advice before he enters circe's house?   hermes him something to weaken circe's powers  
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how do they get past the sirens?   tie up ody, plug in the crews ears so they can't hear  
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which 2 monsters could they pass by after the sirens?   scylla and charybdis  
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which monster do they pass by after the sirens?   scylla  
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what is scylla   6 headed sea monster  
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how are ody's men punished for eating helios' cattle?   killed by Zeus.  
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