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Mythology Terms
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Epic Poetry
Epic Simile
Genre
Hero
archetype
ballad
epithet
guile
invocation
myth
plunder
ponderous
stock character
symbol
valor
Matching
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1. a kind of song or poem that tells a story
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2. the main character in a work of literature
whose noble actions arouse the admiration
of the reader
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3. A symbol, usually an image, which
4. to take by force, especially in warfare.
reoccurs often enough in literature to be
recognizable as an element of one's literary
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experience as a whole.
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5. slyness; craftiness; skillful deception.
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6. a long narrative poem about the adventures
of a hero whose actions reflect the ideals
and values of a nation or race.
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7. an object or image that stands for
something else
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9. A kind of literary or artistic work.
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8. A common or stereotypical character that
occurs frequently in literature.
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10. Descriptive word or phrase.
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11. an elaborate comparison of unlike subjects 12. great courage, especially in battle
that can fill several lines of verse
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13. A story centered around gods and
goddesses that sometime explain natural
phenomena
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15. The act of appealing for help to a Muse.
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14. Having great weight or bulk; heavy.
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The Odyssey Characters
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Agamenon
Alcinous
Amphinomous
Antinous
Apollo
Athena
Calypso
Charybdis
Circe
Cyclopes
Eumaeus
Eurylochus
Eurymachus
Eurynome
Helios
Laertes
Lotus Eaters
Odysseus
Penelope
Perimedes
Polyphemus
Poseidon
Scylla
Sirens
Telemachus
Tiresias
Zeus
Match each definition with a word.
1. The six-headed, female sea monster that
the ship must pass in order to get home
Scylla
3. The cyclops blinded by Odysseus, son of
the sea god Poseidon.
2. the leader of the suitors, first slain by
Odysseus
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4. (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and
goddess of wisdom and useful arts and
prudent warfare; guardian of Athens;
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5. in Greek mythology king of gods and all
men
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6. a. inhabitants of a land visited by Odysseus
and his crew
b. A mythological fruit said to produce a
drugged, indolent state in those who ate it.
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7. one of Odysseus's crew
8. a race of giants with one eye in the middle
of their forehead.
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9. Female monster who sucks in water three
times a day to form a deadly whirlpool
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10. a. (Greek mythology) the god of the sea
and earthquakes in ancient mythology;
brother of Zeus and Hades and Hera;
b. God of the waters, earthquakes.horses,
and the brother of Zeus
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11. King of the Phaeacians and person to
whom Odysseus relates his story.
12. blind prophet from the underworld
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13. a. (Greek Mythology) a famous mythical
Greek hero; his return to Ithaca after the
siege of Troy was described in Homer's
Odyssey.
b. king of Ithaca and hero of the Trojan
War
14. one of Penelope's suitors
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15. enchantress who lives on the island of
Aeaea that turned Odysseus's men into
pigs.
16. Loyal servant of Odysseus, a swineherd.
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17. the wife of Odysseus and a symbol of
devotion and fidelity; for 10 years while
Odysseus fought the Trojan War she
resisted numerous suitors until Odysseus
returned and killed them.
18. suitor who tried to calm Odysseus (to no
avail), second slain
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19. god of light, poetry, and the sun also
called Helios
20. A sea nymph (part woman and part bird)
supposed to lure sailors to destruction on
the rocks where the nymphs lived.
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21. Penelope's housekeeper
22. The son of Odysseus, he is angry at the
suitor's mistreatment of his house.
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23. One of Odysseus's crew
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25. Sun god, also called Apollo.
24. Odysseus's father
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26. king and leader of Greek forces during the
Trojan War
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27. (Greek mythology) the sea nymph who
detained Odysseus for seven years.
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