The Odyssey Unit Test - Donna Hickman | Library

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The epic hero who designed a wooden horse to defeat the Trojans in Troy

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Fake name used by Odysseus to outsmart the Cyclops

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“The face that launched a thousand ships is an epithet used to describe

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A six-headed monster who claims six of Odysseus’ men when they get too close

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A beautiful sea goddess who detains Odysseus for seven years

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The Cyclops visited by Odysseus and some of his crew

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Odysseus’ wife

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Odysseus’ rocky island home

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God of the winds who tries to help Odysseus return home

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King of Phaeica that finally sends Odysseus home with a crew on a fast ship

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Odysseus’ mother who sees her son in the underworld when he comes to see Tiresias

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Goddesses who protect the arts

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Author of The Odyssey and The Illiad

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A trick the Greeks used to finally win the Trojan War.

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A giant whirlpool that will swallow whole ships and all their men

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A witch who turns Odysseus’ men into pigs

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Temptresses whose voices cannot be resisted – Odysseus gets to hear their song

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Odysseus’ son who is twenty years old when Odysseus returns from Troy

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A blind prophet that Odysseus has to travel into the Underworld to see and find out how to return home

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An old and faithful swineherd who is the first to see Odysseus when he returns home

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The meanest of all the suitors

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Suitor who tries to negotiate for the lives of all the living suitors

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A plant that makes you lose all ambiton – even losing interest in going home

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God of the sea and earthquakes

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God who rules the world from Olympus

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God of the sun, arts, healing and prophecy

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Messenger god who helps Odysseus avoid being turned into a pig

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Early sun god who is outraged when Odysseus’ men kill his cattle

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Odysseus’ old and faithful hound who seems to have waited on his master's return to die

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Goddess of battle strategy that helps Oysseus thoughout the story

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Muse of epic poetry that Homer calls on for inspiration at the beginning of the epic

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Beautiful goddess who hold Odysseus captive for seven years

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Housekeeper that recognizes Odysseus by the scar on his leg

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A type of plotting where a story begins in the middle and is largely told in flashback

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A prayer at the beginning of a work of art for inspiration

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Animals used by Odysseus’ men to escape the cave of the Cyclops

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Home of the gods

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Penelope uses the weaving of this item to delay choosing a new husband

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Poetry that tells a story is called

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A long narrative poem that tells a story about a hero and his quest is a/an

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How were the Greeks finally able to defeat the Trojans in Troy? Be certain to include the name of the warrior who thought of the plan.

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List five of the eight characteristics of the epic that we discussed in class. They were also on a Google slide show I shared with you. (This test generator is looking for key words)