Homer's World - Literature book background

Match the following

• Connected to universal concerns found across time and cultures

• Epithet

• a brief descriptive phrase used to describe or rename a character

• Bard

• A person or character who sang or told stories (from memory). Ancient version of Netflix

• Archetype

• Type of character found in works across time and cultures

• Epic hero

• Type of character who almost always deals with interference by supernatural (gods) powers.

• Epic Theme

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A classic epic is

• long narrative (story) POEM

• Novel

• Play

• Short story with pictures or acting

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True or False

The Iliad and The Odyssey were written between Jesus' day and the time of Shakespeare.

• True

• False

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The war that is most significant to our background information is

• Trojan War

• Civil War

• Battle of Marathon

• Battle of Thermopylae

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Who won the war because of Odysseus?

• Greeks

• Romans

• Trojans

• Persians

• Bucks

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Which woman is blamed for the war?

• Aphrodite

• Helen

• Cassandra

• Hecuba

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How long did the war last?

• Months

• 1-4 years

• 5-10 years

• 11-20 years

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Match the following about Odysseus

• Athena

• god who loves him

• Telemachus

• Son

• Aphrodite

• god working against him because he/she loves Paris and Helen

• Penelope

• Home

• Ithaca

• Wife

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What is the general setting of the Odyssey?

• North America off the Pacific coast

• Mediterranean Sea and surrounding areas

• Japan and surrounding countries

• New Zealand and Australia

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Epic heroes, epic stories, and epic traditions are old and outdated ideas that schools are holding onto in order to make us read difficult texts. They are not relevant today.

• True

• False

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