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The stage of the Hero’s Journey when the hero first receives a call to leave their ordinary world is called the...
Call to adventure
In Homer’s Odyssey, the hero attempting to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War is ________.
Odysseus
Who was the Trojan War fought between?
The Trojans and the Greeks
Odysseus's wife is named...
Penelope
Telemachus is Odysseus's...
Son
The stage in which the hero returns to the ordinary world transformed and often shares the reward with others is called the...
Return / Return with the elixir
The part of the Hero's Journey where the hero meets a person who helps and guides them is...
Assistance / Meeting the mentor
What is the name of the author of the Odyssey?
Homer
Where was Homer from?
(Ancient) Greece
Say two words that describe Homer.
blind, poet, Greek, lived around the 8th century
Apart from the Odyssey, what other epic poem did Homer write?
The Iliad
Around what century did the Trojan War occur?
around the 12th century
Explain Odysseus's Trojan Horse trick.
The Greeks presented a wooden horse with soldiers hidden inside as a “gift” and pretended to sail away, only to later ambush and attack.
What were "rhapsodes"?
Oral poets that memorized and recited epic poems.
What is an epic?
A long poem recited aloud, often from memory
Name two things that oral tradition helps preserve.
Culture, history, values, etc.
