Instead of a study guide, you will be responsible for tracking key ideas, vocabulary, questions you have, etc. on your own while we read in class in a reading log. If you missed notes during the groups' presentations, here is a PowerPoint over the same background material. Here is a PowerPoint over the epic hero and the hero's journey mono-myth, as well as some additional information, the worksheet, and a quick video summary. Crossword Puzzle Review Interactive Map to track Odysseus' journey John Green's "Crash Course" Review of The Odyssey Examples of Xenia video Epithet: repetitive adjective phrase used to describe a character or a place keeper for the speaker Allusion: reference to an outside literary work, historical event, person epic simile: long comparison using like or as Epic: long narrative poem xenia: guest friendship kleos: honor, reputation Odysseus escapes Cyclops by: 1. Sharpening stake 2. Getting the Cyclops drunk 3. Saying his name is “Nohbdy” 4. Stabbing the Cyclops in the eye 5. Escaping underneath sheep Circe turns Odysseus’ men to pigs with her magic drink Scylla = sea-monster with 6 necks and mouths, tentacle legs Charybdis = sea-monster .. vicious whirlpool Suitors must string Odysseus’ bow and then shoot an arrow through 12 axes and onto a target Qualities that make Odysseus an epic hero: brave, courageous, super-human abilities, represents ideals of ancient Greece, smart
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