Odyssey Intro

Setting of the Odyssey

• Greece, 800 BC

• Italy, 1300

• Alabama, 1930s

• England, 100 AD

the blind storyteller who told the Iliad and the Odyssey

• Homer

• Simpson

• Achilles

• Shakespeare

a long poem that tells about the adventures of the hero, who reflects the values of his culture

• epic poem

• epic simile

• play

• myth

the hero of the Iliad whose only weakness is his heel

• Achilles

• Odysseus

• Paris

• Poseidon

Odysseus' great idea to end the long war between Greece and Troy

• Trojan Horse

• Achilles Heel

• Poseidon's Curse

• River Styx

Achilles is known for __________, while Odysseus is known for _________.

• fighting skill . . . cleverness

• tricks . . . sword

• kindness . . . faithfulness

• patience . . . . anger

Goddess with whom Odysseus spends 7 years after the war

• Penelope

• Poseidon

• Athena

• Calypso

King of the Olympian Gods

• Zeus

• Poseidon

• Odysseus

• Telemachus

goddess of wisdom and warfare who looks out for Odysseus

• Athena

• Aphrodite

• Calypso

• Penelope

god of the sea and horses, whom Odysseus angers

• Poseidon

• Zeus

• Hades

• Achilles