The Odyssey - Review

What type of poetry is The Odyssey?

• lyric

• epic

• emotional

• myth

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Who is the author of The Odyssey?

• Vergil

• Sophocles

• Aescylus

• Homer

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What isn't true about the author?

• He was blind

• There is no credible information about him.

• He was the child of a muse.

• He also wrote Metamorphoses.

Who recited works like The Odyssey?

• Shepherds

• Muses

• Rhapsodists

• Poets

What is the prequel to The Odyssey?

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In what poetic meter is The Odyssey written?

• Dactylic Hexameter

• Iambic Pentameter

• Dactylic Pentameter

• Trochaic Tetrameter

What is xenia?

• Hospitality

• Honor

• Loyalty

• Heroism

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The wife of Odysseus

• Eurycleia

• Penelope

• Telemachus

• Calypso

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Homeland of Odysseus

• Pylos

• Sparta

• Ithaca

• Troy

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Where Odysseus starts his journey

• Troy

• Sparta

• Corinth

• Ithaca

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