The Odyssey Terms and Story Review

What does a Greek epic begin with?

• an invocation to the muse

• a prayer to Zeus

• background information about the hero

• a family history of the hero

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What literary device is often used at the beginning of an epic instead of traditional exposition?

• deus ex machina

• en media res

• simile

• epithet

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Long narrative poem that relates to important events in the history or folklore of the culture that produced it

• epic hero

• epic poem

• cultural poem

• ancient poem

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An epic simile is...

• A long comparison over many lines

• also called a Homeric simile

• just another name for a regular short simile

• not a real literary device

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Which would be an epithet (characterizing phrase for a person, place or thing)?

• Melody's daughter

• Melissa

• Odysseus

• Epic poem

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The Odyssey begins at the end of

• The Trojan War

• The Civil War

• The Greek War

• The Ithaca War

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Odysseus has angered

• Poseidon
• Athena
• Hades
• Zeus

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By telling Polyphemus his true name, Odysseus displayed the fatal flaw of

• cowardice

• gluttony

• pride

• envy

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Odysseus was trying to return to

• Troy
• Sparta
• Ithaca
• Athens

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The cyclop's real name was

• Telemachus
• Poseidan
• Polyphemus
• Fred

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