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Definitions
Background
Important Characters
Epic –
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a long ______________________ told in ______________________language (usually poetry)
relates the great ______________________of a larger-than-life hero who
______________________the values of a particular ______________________
Epic Poetry
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Most epics include elements of ______________________, ______________________, folk tale,
and history.
They also include elements of ______________________forces at work.
The ______________________of the epic is ______________________and it uses
______________________language.
Often the hero’s ______________________takes place in a vast ______________________, often
including heaven, hell, or the ________________________________________________.
Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are the best-known ______________________in
______________________ ______________________.
Another well-known epic is ______________________’s Aeneid which is based on events that
happen during and after the ______________________ _____________ (just like the Iliad and
the Odyssey).
Epic Hero
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Definition of epic hero - a ______________________-than-______________________hero who
embodies the values of a particular ______________________.
An epic hero is ______________________; physically ______________________.
He is ______________________, stronger, ______________________, and more clever than an
ordinary person is.
The epic hero is on a ______________________for something of great
______________________to him or his people.
The villains that try to keep the hero from his quest are usually ______________________, more
______________________, and more cunning than anyone we know in ordinary life.
The epic hero is often of mixed ______________________and ______________________birth and
so possesses human ______________________.
The gods of the divine world ______________________with the human world.
At the end of the quest, the hero is ______________________.
Homeric Simile
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Compares ______________________or epic events to ______________________,
______________________events
Uses like or as
Example: “Fear fell upon Hector as he beheld him, and he dared not stay longer where he was but fled in dismay from
before the gates, while Achilles darted after him at his utmost speed. As a mountain falcon, swiftest of all birds,
swoops down upon some cowering dove- the dove flies before him but the falcon with a shrill scream follows
close after, resolved to have her- even so did Achilles make straight for Hector with all his might, while Hector
fled under the Trojan wall as fast as his limbs could take him." - The Iliad
This is an example of a _________________________ _________________________.
Gods and Goddesses (The Immortals)
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Aphrodite – Goddess of ______________________
______________________– God of War
______________________– nymph goddess who keeps ______________________for years while
he is trying to return home to his faithful wife, ______________________
Cheiron – The ______________________
Demeter/Ceres – Goddess of the ______________________
Eris – twin sister of ______________________, goddess of ______________________
o Eris helped to cause the Trojan War by tossing her ______________________of
______________________into the guests at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. Three of
these guests then competed to win the ______________________ __________________.
Gorgon – Snake-headed ______________________
______________________– God of the Underworld
Heracles – the ultimate ______________________ (______________________)
______________________– goddess of the hearth
The ______________________– the nine sisters who inspire all ______________________,
especially poets, philosophers, and musicians. The Muses were the
______________________of Zeus
______________________– god of youthful ______________________and poetry, music,
prophecy, medicine, and archery
______________________– favorite daughter of ______________________; the great goddess of
______________________and the arts of war and peace. She favored the Greeks during the
Trojan War. She is often called ______________________ ______________________
Cronus – ______________________ (giant god) who ruled the universe until
______________________ overthrew him
______________________– sun god. Helios keeps his ______________________
______________________ on the island of ______________________
Hephaestus – god of ______________________-working
______________________– messenger god
Poseidon – god of the ______________________; brother of ______________________. Called
earth-______________________because he is believed to cause ______________________.
Poseidon is an ______________________of Odysseus.
The Bad Girls
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______________________– female monster with six ______________________
______________________, each head having a triple row of ______________________ (thought
to be a dangerous rock in the Strait of ______________________)
Charybdis – female monster who sucks in ______________________three times a day to form
a deadly ______________________ (thought to be a real ______________________in the
______________________ of Messina)
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______________________– witch goddess who turns Odysseus’ men into
______________________ (______________________)
Sirens – sea ______________________whose beautiful and mysterious ______________________
lures ______________________ to steer their ______________________ toward the rocks
The Bad Guys
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______________________– aka Polyphemus – blinded by ______________________; the son of
the sea god ______________________. ______________________are a race of brutish
______________________ -eyed giants who live solitary lives as ______________________,
supposedly on the island of ______________________
Places in the Odyssey
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______________________– home of witch-goddess Circe
Erebus – dark area of the ______________________where the ______________________reside
______________________– island kingdom ruled by King ______________________. The
Phaeacians are shipbuilders and traders
Thrinakia – island where the ______________________god Helios keeps his
______________________
Mortals in the Odyssey
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______________________– king of Phaecia. Odysseus tells the story of his
______________________to Alcinous’ court
Cicones – people living on the southwestern coast of ______________________, who battled
______________________and his men on their journey home
______________________– one of Odysseus’ loyal crew
Lotus Eaters – people who feed Odysseus’ men ______________________
______________________ to make them forget returning to ______________________
Teiresias – famous blind ______________________from the city of ______________________.
Odysseus meets him in the Land of the ______________________
______________________– one of Penelope’s leading ______________________; an arrogant
and mean young ______________________from Ithaca
______________________– suitor of ______________________
Eumaeus – a ______________________ (pig farmer), one of ______________________’ loyal
servants
Eurycleia – Odysseus’ old ______________________and Penelope’s servant
______________________– Penelope’s housekeeper
Philoeteus – ______________________; one of Odysseus’ loyal servants
Penelope – Odysseus’ faithful ______________________
______________________– Odysseus’ son