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Title: Jeopardy


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Jeopardy
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The name of the author of two epics about the
Trojan War.
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Who is Homer?
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The physical handicap possessed by the author.
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What is blindness?
200
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This is the island many scholars believe Homer
was from.
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What is Chios?
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This was probably Homers occupation.
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What is wandering bard, minstrel or rhapsodes?
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These were the two epic poems written by Homer.
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What are The Iliad and The Odyssey?
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She was the beautiful nymph goddess who keeps
Odysseus on her island for seven years.
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Who is Calypso?
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King of the Phaecians who Odysseus shares his
adventures.
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Who is Alcinous?
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She is the enchantress and goddess who turns
Odysseuss men into swine.
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Who is Circe?
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Son of Odysseus.
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Who is Telemachus?
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Faithful wife of Odysseus.
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Who is Penelope?
500
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Location of the ten year war over the abduction
of Helen.
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What is Troy?
100
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Odysseuss homeland.
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What is Ithaca?
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Island kingdom ruled by King Alcinous.
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Where is Phaeacia?
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The place where Odysseus met the prophet
Teiresias.
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Where is the Land of the Dead or Hades?
400
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This is Circes homeland.
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Where is Aeaea?
500
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Race of one-eyed giants.
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What are the Cyclops?
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Sea nymphs whose beautiful and mysterious music
lures sailors to steer their ships toward
dangerous rocks.
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Who are the Sirens?
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The female monster who sucks in water three times
a day to form a deadly whirlpool.
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Who is Charybdis?
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Female monster with six serpent heads, each head
having a triple row of fangs.
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Who is Scylla?
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Three headed dog guarding the gates of Hades.
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Who is Cerberus?
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Long narrative poems that tell of the adventures
of heroes who in some way embody the values of
their civilizations.
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What are epics?
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Traditional stories, rooted in a particular
culture, that usually explain a belief, a ritual,
or a mysterious natural phenomenon.
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What are Myths?
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Extended comparisons that compare heroic or epic
events to simple and easily understandable
everyday events.
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What are Homeric or epic similes?
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A reflection of a heros best or worst qualities
such as a god.
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What is an alter ego?
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The oral storytellers had a store of these to
help remember the story. Example Athena
gray-eyed goddess, the sea wine dark
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What are formulas?
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God of poetry, music, prophecy, medicine, and
archery.
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Who is Apollo?
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Favorite daughter of Zeus, the goddess of wisdom,
and peace.
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Who is Athena?
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God of the sea brother of Zeus. The enemy of
Odysseus.
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Who is Poseidon?
300
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God of metalworking.
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Who is Hephaestus?
400
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Titan who ruled the universe until his son Zeus
overthrew him.
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Who is Cronus?
500
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