The Odyssey

Front

Long comparison of two unlike things

Back

Epic simile

Front

Long poem about a hero's adventures

Back

Epic

Front

First part of a story asking for help from the gods

Back

Invocation

Front

Twelve tentacles, six heads

Back

Scylla

Front

Loved Odysseus, let him go when Zeus demanded

Back

Calypso

Front

Difficult task for troublesome men

Back

Penelope

Front

"The man skilled in all ways of contending"

Back

epithet

Front

Character who hid sailors' fate

Back

Odysseus

Front

Odysseus' journey difficulty

Back

Poseidon

Front

In quiet sleep she sealed his cherished eyes

Back

Alliteration