The Odyssey Part 1 and 2 Exam Review
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What are the seven (7) traits that define an epic hero? Give an example of
Odysseus demonstrating two of these traits? - ✔✔1. Noble Birth,
2. Capable of Great deeds and great strength and courage
3. Great Warrior
4. Travels over a vast setting
5. National Heroism
6. Humility
7. Faces supernatural foes and/or receives supernatural help
When Odysseus traveled to Troy and in the Island of Circe when Odysseus
saves his men.
Each adventure focused on a specific theme(s). Identify the theme to any
three adventures and explain how the theme is demonstrated in the story.
You may answer this in a list format (1. Adventure One: matching theme,
etc...) - ✔✔Sirens story - the theme is about courage. Its courage because
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Odysseus had the courage to not only help his men but also see if the
Sirens can harm or kill you.
Cyclops Story - the theme is bravery. Odysseus had the bravery to keep
speaking to the Cyclops in a loud and strong voice
Lotus Eaters Story - The theme was intellect because Odysseus didn't risk
losing all his men and immediately knew what the lotus does.?
How does Odysseus describe the Cyclops? How is this description
connected to the Greek cultural values? - ✔✔Odysseus describes the
Cyclops as a "horrid creature not like a human being at all," with a "loud
voice and monstrous form." Polyphemus lives in a dirty cave, where he
tends to his goats and sheep, a lifestyle that Odysseus and his warriors
view as barbaric.
Odysseus was not perfect. Discuss one of Odysseus' flaws and how they
contributed to his journey being prolonged - ✔✔When Odysseus was
leaving the cave of the Cyclops, he told the Cyclops his name which would
later affect his journey back home with his men and crew mates from
Polyphemus' curse.
What literary device is demonstrated in the following passage, "Son of
Laertes" - ✔✔Epithet