The Odyssey Flashcard Part 1

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Fugitives from justice

Back

Run away to avoid arrest

Front

Activity involving tactics

Back

Playing a game of chess

Front

Fathomless

Back

Too deep to measure

Front

Danger of Lotus-Eaters to Odysseus' men

Back

Lotus plant causes loss of interest in returning home.

Front

Odysseus tells Cyclops his name is 'Nobody'

Back

Cleverness

Front

Odysseus blinds Cyclops instead of killing him

Back

Needs Cyclops to move the stone blocking the cave's entrance

Front

Odysseus loses all his men

Back

The Cattle of the Sun God

Front

Polyphemus' action affecting Odysseus

Back

Begged Poseidon to curse Odysseus

Front

Flashback in The Odyssey

Back

Odysseus recounts earlier events to Alcinous.

Front

Qualities of an Epic Hero

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“Now, by the gods, I drove my big hand spike / deep in the embers, charring it again, / and cheered my men along with battle talk / to keep their courage up: no quitting now.”