The Odyssey Flashcard 1 Review

Front

Homeric simile

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Extended comparison of heroic and everyday events

Front

Characteristic NOT of an epic

Back

Simple language with rhyming verses

Front

Invocation in The Odyssey

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Muse

Front

Calypso's captivity of Odysseus

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7 years

Front

Calypso releases Odysseus

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Athena persuades Zeus for his release

Front

Odysseus on Scheria

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Poseidon sends a storm

Front

Odysseus' story at King Alcinous' banquet

Back

flashback

Front

Lotus Eaters' effect on Odysseus' men

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Two men eat lotus flower, lose desire to leave.

Front

Reason for Odysseus visiting Cyclops' land

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Curiosity about the Cyclopes

Front

Cyclops offers cheese and wine to Odysseus and his men

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False