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Mythology Terms Name _____________________________ Date ___________________ Word List Epic Poetry Epic Simile Genre Hero archetype ballad epithet guile invocation myth plunder ponderous stock character symbol valor Matching Match each definition with a word. 1. a kind of song or poem that tells a story _________________ 2. the main character in a work of literature whose noble actions arouse the admiration of the reader _________________ 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 _________________ experience as a whole. _________________ 5. slyness; craftiness; skillful deception. _________________ 6. a long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero whose actions reflect the ideals and values of a nation or race. _________________ 7. an object or image that stands for something else _________________ 9. A kind of literary or artistic work. _________________ 8. A common or stereotypical character that occurs frequently in literature. _________________ 10. Descriptive word or phrase. _________________ 11. an elaborate comparison of unlike subjects 12. great courage, especially in battle that can fill several lines of verse _________________ _________________ 13. A story centered around gods and goddesses that sometime explain natural phenomena _________________ 15. The act of appealing for help to a Muse. _________________ 14. Having great weight or bulk; heavy. _________________ The Odyssey Characters Name _____________________________ Date ___________________ Word List 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 _________________ 4. (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; _________________ _________________ 5. in Greek mythology king of gods and all men _________________ 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. _________________ 7. one of Odysseus's crew 8. a race of giants with one eye in the middle of their forehead. _________________ _________________ 9. Female monster who sucks in water three times a day to form a deadly whirlpool _________________ 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 _________________ 11. King of the Phaeacians and person to whom Odysseus relates his story. 12. blind prophet from the underworld _________________ _________________ 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 _________________ _________________ 15. enchantress who lives on the island of Aeaea that turned Odysseus's men into pigs. 16. Loyal servant of Odysseus, a swineherd. _________________ _________________ 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 _________________ _________________ 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. _________________ _________________ 21. Penelope's housekeeper 22. The son of Odysseus, he is angry at the suitor's mistreatment of his house. _________________ _________________ 23. One of Odysseus's crew _________________ 25. Sun god, also called Apollo. 24. Odysseus's father _________________ 26. king and leader of Greek forces during the Trojan War _________________ _________________ 27. (Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years. _________________