Odyssey Background Info

The Greek Value of Reciprocity

• Treating all guests with respect
• Mutual exchange 
• Ideal of human perfection
• Humans are nothing without the gods

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Greek Value of Xenia

• Treating all guests with respect
• Mutual exchange 
• Ideal of human perfection
• Humans are nothing without the gods

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Greek value of Arete

• Treating all guests with respect
• Mutual exchange
• Ideal of human perfection
• Humans are nothing without the gods

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Greek value of Religion

• Treating all guests with respect
• Mutual exchange
• Ideal of human perfection
• Humans are nothing without the gods

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Narrative poem containing adventure, a heroic figure, supernatural forces, embodies the values of society, covers vast time and place, invokes a muse, and starts in the middle of the story.

• In medias res
• Epic simile
• Epic
• Epithet

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Short, repeated expressions that describe a character

• In medias res
• Epic
• Epithet
• Epic Simile

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Comparison of something huge and amazing to something everyday and average

• In media res
• Epic
• Epic simile
• Epithet

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Latin term for "in the middle," literary structure where the plot starts in the middle of the story and flashbacks are used to fill the audience in

• In medias res
• Epic
• Epic simile
• Epithet

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Larger-than-life, but still human, brave, intelligent, valiant, faithful, able to handle any situation, usually on a quest, often aided by “the gods”

• Protagonist
• Epic Hero
• Anti-Hero
• Antagonist

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Extreme arrogance or self-pride.  Often in Greek tragedies, this would be the fatal flaw of the main character, often resulting in their downfall.

• Hubris
• Xenia
• Arete
• Epic fail

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