Odyssey Review

Where did the Greeks go to fight?

• Sparta

• Turkey

• Ithaca

• Troy

the central character of an epic is called:

• hero

• epic hero

• Odysseus

• Zeus

passing of songs, stories, and poems by word of mouth through generations

• myth

• epic

• oral tradition

• vocal tradition

these are descriptive phrases used to describe a character; examples are 
"son of Laertes" or "raider of cities"

• rhapsodes

• hubris

• allusion

• epithets

a fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or explains natural phenomenon

• epic simile

• myth

• narrative

• poetry

a long narrative poem about the deeds of gods or heroes

• epic

• narrative poem

• epic simile

• rhapsodes

an elaborate comparison of unlike subjects

• metaphor

• epic simile

• epic metephor

• simile

this means "too much pride"

• hubris

• Odyssey

• invocate

• hubrid

an opening prayer often used by epic poets is called an ____________ of the muses

• opening

• prayer

• request

• invocation

people who recited epic poems were called __________

• muses

• heroes

• rhapsodes

• traditionalists