Flashcards
Odyssey keywords
Cards in this deck (27)
- 1AchaeaThe Greek mainland where Odysseus came from
- 2AcheronRiver in Hades mentioned in book 10 during Circe's description of how to reach the underworld
- 3AdzeA small axe for wood working. Homer uses in a simile (book 9) to describe Cyclops' eye when stabbed
- 4AeaeaCirce's island visited in book 9
- 5AegisType of armour worn by the goddess Athena
- 6AeoliaFloating island where king gave Odysseus a bag of winds to get home
- 7AeolusThe king that gives Odysseus the bag of wind, nut expels them when they return
- 8AnticleiaOdysseus' mother who he found in the underworld who told him about his families troubles
- 9AntiphatesKing of Laestrygonians who orders the attack on Odysseus
- 10BardA person who tells stories for entertainment.
- 11Cocytusone of the five rivers that runs through the underworld, the river of wailing
- 12CyclopesGroup of barbaric giants who live on an island in caves
- 13DawnContinually used as a simile in the books. e.g. "rosy fingered dawn", " goddess with the lovely tresses
- 14Epic poemA long narrative poem what usually holds heroic deeds and events that are significant tit the culture of the poet
- 15EpithetAn adjective or phrase expressing a quality or attribute about a character or person
- 16GracesZeus' daughters who help attend to the gods and goddess.
- 17HomerA Greek poet famous fir his epic poems.
- 18HyperionSun-god who owns a her of golden cattle. Odysseus' men kill one and Hyperion appeals to Zeus to kill them for their deed
- 19ItchicaThe home land of Odysseus.
- 20LaertesFather of Odysseus who works on a farm in Icatha.
- 21LaestrygoniansA tribe of giants who attack Odysseus and his crew
- 22MinstrelA medieval singer who sand or recited lyrics or heroic poetry to a musical accompaniment for the nobility
- 23NymphIn Greeks mythology they are generally seen as divine spirts and are depicted as beautiful young women, they live in nature
- 24OgygiaThe island that the nymph Calypso lives on
- 25ScabbardSheath for a sword
- 26ScherieHome of the Phaeacians
- 27ThrinacieThe island of the sun god, Helios