Intro to the Odyssey Vocabulary: Prezi Vocabulary

This epic poem describes the fight to win back Helen of Troy.

• Return to Ithaca

• The Iliad

• The Odyssey

• Circe, the Island of the Witch

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Odysseus and his men won the ________ by invading Troy inside a _______.

• Trojan War; Trojan horse

• ball game; hot air balloon

• fight with Polyphemus; cave

• Naval War; Great ship

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

After he won the Trojan War, Odysseus embarks on a journey home, which turns into this story.

• Persepolis

• On the Road

• Homeward Bound

• The Odyssey

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

God of War

• Hermes

• Zeus

• Poseidon

• Ares

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1B

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

God of the Sky

• Hermes

• Zeus

• Poseiden

• Ares

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

The blind poet who created the Iliad and the Odyssey.

• Polyphemus

• Zeus

• Homer

• Penelope

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

God of the Sea

• Hermes

• Zeus

• Poseidon

• Ares

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Giant whirlpool that swallowed sailors

• Charybdis

• Sirens

• Cyclopes

• Charybdis

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Messenger God

• Hermes

• Zeus

• Poseidon

• Ares

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Goddess of Magic

• Athena

• Circe

• Scylla

• Sirens

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9