The Odyssey and the Hero's Journey

Athena is Odysseus'__________.

• Mentor

• BFF

• Villain

• Wife

Polyphemus is a____.

• Mentor

• Villain

• son of Zeus

• shipmate

Odysseus' biggest battle is with____.

• Polyphemus

• Scylla

• Charybdis

• the suitors

It was really sad for Odysseus when___.

• That beeswax got stuck in his ears.

• All of his crew died. Secrets definitely backfired there.

• Circe couldn't turn him into a pig.

• He got to hear the singing of the sirens.

the hero's lowest point

• abyss

• road of trials

• metamorphosis

• call to adventure

what the hero crosses on their way to the unknown world

• adventure

• abyss

• threshold

• knowledge

the last obstacle a hero faces on their journey

• metamorphosis

• trials

• threshold

• final battle

what makes the hero go on an adventure

• threshold

• call

• battles

• trials

obstacles the hero faces on their journey

• final battle

• despair

• metamorphosis

• road of trials

the protagonist of The Odyssey