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Most likely written between 750 and 650 B.C., The Odyssey is an epic poem about the wanderings of the Greek hero Odysseus following his victory in the Trojan War (which, if it did indeed take place, occurred in the 12th-century B.C. in Mycenaean Greece). Originally composed in the Ionic Greek…

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The Odyssey is the story of?
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It has ______books and is in the style of an ________________poem.
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In begins in "medias res," which means
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Polyphemus means?
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Why does Ulysses always choose the difficult way?
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What does Calypso offer Odysseus
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What does the hero, Odysseus, want?
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Odysseus' s name can be translated as
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odysseus is trying to get to his home in where?
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how did penelope plan to find out if she was truly with odyssey
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why has the odyssey remained one of the most influential writings?
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List the five steps the seer Tiresias tells Odysseus to follow if he wishes to return home to Ithaca.
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who had a beautiful wife called helen
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what happened after odysseus faught in the trogan war?
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how do poseidon and zues interact in this book? what is the balance of power between them? how does zues assert his authority? how does odysseus handle his return to ithaca? how much does he tell those he meets about his true identity and intensions? how
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Odysseus returns to circes island after his visit to hades. What adventures still await him? Again what do those adventures tell us about Odysseus as a hero?
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Odysseus disregards his crew's warning and waits for cyclops. What motivates Odysseus to risk his life and the lives of his men? What price does he pay for his adventure?
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What transgression did Odysseus and his men commit against Hyperion?
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what advice does Eidothea, daughter of Proteus, the old man of te sea,give King Menelaos on how to catch her father and make Proteus tell Menelaos how to get home?
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Book 16: What central conflict is beggining to find resolution in this scene?
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The Odyssey, Book 5 Questions... need answers!
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What characteristics lead odysseus to put his men in danger?
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how do menelaus and helen compare with nestor as hosts
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What do you think is the symbolic meaning of the Greek gods and godesses?
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what specific things does the Odyssey tell about actual life in the time after the War? In other words, how does the Odyssey relate to reality?
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