Children's Homer Study guide

Kelos

• glory

• homecoming

• excessive pride

Time

• glory

• honor

• excessive pride

hubris

• excessive pride

• excellence

• clothing

Arete

• greatness

• excellence or virtue

• pride

Xenia

• gratitude

• excellence

• Hospitality

Nostros

• Homecoming

• Clothing

• excellence

Deus ex Machina

• Book begins in the middle of a plot

• a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is suddenly resolved by an unexpected and unlikely occurrence

• A type of machine

disconsolate

• sad

• delayed

• clothing

bereaved

• saddness

• deprived of a loved one through death

• an omen

raiment

• clothing

• an omen

• delayed