The Odyssey

a long comparison of two unlike things

• myth
• rhapsode
• epic simile
• metaphor

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a long poem that tells about the adventures of a hero

• homeric simile
• epic
• invocation
• muse

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in the first part of a story when the speaker asks for help from the gods

• muse
• homeric simile
• liturgy
• invocation

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She had twelve tentacles and six heads that stole men from their ships as they sailed by.

• Cyclops
• Calypso
• Scylla
• Penelope

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She loved Odysseus but allowed him to leave when Zeus demanded it.

• Scylla
• Charybdis
• Penelope
• Calypso

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She devised a difficult task for some troublesome men to do.

• Calypso
• Penelope
• Circe
• Muse

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"The man skilled in all ways of contending" is an example of this literary device.

• invocation
• ambition
• liturgy
• epithet

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character who refused to inform sailors of their impending death

• Odysseus
• Circe
• Cyclops
• Charybdis

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Thinking about Odysseus’ journey, who makes it more difficult?

• Athena
• Hermes
• Zeus
• Poseidon

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In quiet sleep she sealed his cherished eyes.

• Simile
• Imagery
• Personification
• Alliteration

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