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wise; having keen perception and sound judgement
sagacious
sly or cunning intelligence
guile
bold disrespect or rudeness
impudence
enormous in size, quantity, degree; marvelous, amazing
prodigious
rebellious
mutinous
huge; gigantic
mammoth
brief, violent storm
squall
to take goods by force
plundered
drunk crying; feeling sorry for oneself
maudlin
unwilling or unable to believe something
incredulous
(adj.) bending easily, limber
lithe
intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous
insidious
enthusiasm or passion
ardor
deprived of; made unhappy through a loss
bereft
to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm
assuage
a prayer for help
invocation
a detailed comparison in the form of a simile that is many lines in length
epic simile/Homeric simile (lit)
A descriptive name or phrase used to characterize someone or something
epithet (lit)
into the middle of a sequence of events as in a literary narrative
in medias res (lit)
A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character
internal conflict (lit)
struggle between a character and an outside force such as nature or another character
external conflict (lit)
a struggle between opposing forces; in literature, common types are man v. self, man v. society, man v. man, or man v. nature
conflict (lit)
A character who is used as a contrast to another character
foil (lit)
larger-than-life figure who embodies the ideals of a nation or race
epic hero (lit)
an original model on which something was patterned
archetype (lit)
a long narrative poem about the deeds of gods or heroes.
epic (lit)
'"Son of Laertes and seed of Zeus, resourceful Odysseus, you shall no longer stay in my house when none of you wish to; but first there is another journey you must accomplish and reach the house of Hades and of revered Persephone,...
Circe
"Think what difficulty the gods gave: they denied us life together in our prime and flowering years."
Penelope
"God! What evil wind blew in this pest?"
Antinous
"Stranger, you are no longer what you were just now! Your cloak is new; even your skin!"
Telemachus
"O Father Zeus and gods in bliss forever, punish Odysseus' men! So overweening, now they have killed my peaceful kine, my joy at morning when I climbed the sky of starts."
Helios
"This way, oh turn your bows, Achaea's glory, As all the world allows--Moor and be merry. Sweet coupled airs we sing. No lonely seafarer holds clear of entering our green mirror."
The Sirens
"O least of living creatures, out of this island! Hurry! I have no right to see on his way, none to give passage to any man whom the blessed gods hate with such bitterness. Out. This [return] means you are hateful to the immortals...
Aeolus
"Son of Laertes and the gods of old, Odysseus, master of land-ways and seaways, why leave the blazing sun, O man of woe, to see the cold dead and joyless region?Stand clear, put up your sword; let me but taste of blood , I speak t...
Tiresias
"Son of great Laertes, Odysseus, master mariner and soldier, bad luck shadowed me, and no kindly power; ignoble death I drank with so much wine."
Elpenor
'"Stranger, you are a simple fool, or come from far off, when you tell me to avoid the wrath of the gods or fear them. The Cyclopes do not concern themselves over Zeus of the aegis, nor any of the rest of the blessed gods, since w...
Polyphemus
''our guest and new friend - nameless to me still . . . get a black ship afloat on the noble sea, and pick our fastest sailer; draft a crew of two and fifty.''
Alcinous, King of the Phaeacians
Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy.
The Poet (Homer)
The ones drew it whom I myself would have wanted chosen, four men, and I myself was the fifth, and allotted with them.'
Odysseus
An epic hero possesses _______________ strength, intelligence, and/or courage.
superhuman
An epic hero is on a ____________________.
quest
An epic hero is e__________.
ethical
An epic hero faces ___________ for glory or good of society.
death
An epic hero performs ___________________ deeds.
brave
An epic hero represents the ______________ of his society.
ideals
An epic hero is a strong and responsible ______________.
leader
An epic hero is significant and ___________________.
glorified