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The goddess of wisdom and the just war...
Who is Athena.
The term for hospitality ...
What is xenia.
Another name for foolishness...
What is folly.
A fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter with a particular rhyme scheme...
What is a sonnet.
The island where Odysseus spends seven years...
What is Ogygia.
The king of Pylos...
Who is Nestor.
The term for asking one for help...
What is invocation.
One who understand instinctively is...
What is perceptive.
Unrhymed iambic pentameter...
What is blank verse.
The reason why Odysseus cannot get home...
What is he offended the god of the sea, Poseidon, by bragging about besting the cyclops.
The lovely queen of Sparta...
Who is Helen.
The term for speech or action that has the power to effect change...
What is muthos.
The verb that means to humbly ask for help...
What is supplicate.
An iamb...
What is a meter of poetry with an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable.
The point of Menelaus's long flashback about Eidothea and Proteus...
What is to help Telemachus accomplish his hero's quest and to remind him that a mortal must respect the gods.
The cyclops whom Odysseus blinds...
Who is Polyphemus.
The term for glory and renown earned through heroic deeds...
What is kleos.
To be hesitant or not eager...
What is reluctant.
An extended comparison that spans many lines or stanzas...
What is a Homeric simile.
The reason why Odysseus's men did not make it home...
What is that they ignored the will of the gods and ate Helius's catte.
The goddess who helps Odysseus swim safely to Phaeacia.
Who is Ino.
The term for changing one's looks or personality...
What is polytropos.
To be clever and deceptive in order to get out of a situation...
What is wily.
The Odyssey and "The Face that Launch'd a Thousand Ships" are both written in...
What is unrhymed iambic pentameter or blank verse.
The reason why Telemachus calls an assembly...
What is to order the suitors to leave and to announce that he is going to Pylos and Sparta seeking news of his father.