Calypso Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

All essays achieved full marks - 30 mark essays - A* In depth analysis of Homer's Odyssey Includes 26 pages of content and essays 1000-2000 words long - themes that will come up in the exam 1. "Books 6 to 8 contribute little to the story of the Odyssey. They seem to simply fill time between Odysseus' escape from Calypso and the narration of his adventures." To what extent do you agree with this statement? 2. How important is story-telling in the Odyssey? 3. How far is Odysseu...

The Odyssey Part 1 Practice Questions and Answers Who are the Muses? Why does Homer pray to them? - Correct Answer ️️ -The muses are the 9 daughters of Zeus, and Homer prays to them to ask for help to tell hsi story. Who's adventure is Homer going to tell? - Correct Answer ️️ -Odysseus Where are Odysseus's shipmates? - Correct Answer ️️ -They are all dead. They die from their own recklessness. Where is Odysseus now and why is he there? - Correct Answer ️️ -In Calypso's c...

Mythology Exam 3 Final with correct Answers media res - ANS ️️ "in the middle of things" opening to the Odyssey apologoi - ANS ️️ tall tales Odysseus told of his adventures Telemachy - ANS ️️ Books 1-4 Odysseus' son son basically has his own Odyssey Telemachus visits Nestor and Meneleus - ANS ️️ Telemachus goes to get info on dad Nestor teaches him of Xenia Meneleus is the only one who knows anything Xenia - ANS ️️ guest/ host relationship (hospitality) Odysse...

THE ODYSSEY PART 1 TEST REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+ In the opening verses Homer invokes (calls upon) the Muse of epic poetry named___________. - -Calliope Who are the Muses? - -They are any of the nine goddesses of the arts, literature, and the sciences. In the Adventures of Odysseus: Paraphrase lines 10-15 that tell what happens to Odysseus' men. - - They ate the cattle of Helios and died. In the Adventures of Odysseus: In lines 16-17, Calliope is asked to do what? - -She i...

The Odyssey Part 1 Practice Questions and Answers Who are the Muses? Why does Homer pray to them? - Correct Answer ️️ -The muses are the 9 daughters of Zeus, and Homer prays to them to ask for help to tell hsi story. Who's adventure is Homer going to tell? - Correct Answer ️️ -Odysseus Where are Odysseus's shipmates? - Correct Answer ️️ -They are all dead. They die from their own recklessness. Where is Odysseus now and why is he there? - Correct Answer ️️ -In Calypso's c...

THE ODYSSEY PART 1 TEST REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ In the opening verses Homer invokes (calls upon) the Muse of epic poetry named___________. - -Calliope Who are the Muses? - -They are any of the nine goddesses of the arts, literature, and the sciences. In the Adventures of Odysseus: Paraphrase lines 10-15 that tell what happens to Odysseus' men. - - They ate the cattle of Helios and died. In the Adventures of Odysseus: In lines 16-17, Calliope is asked to do what? - -She ...

THE ODYSSEY PART 1 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ What does the Poet Homer ask the muse? - -He asks the muse to sing through him to tell the story of Odysseus What happened to the heros shipmates - -The hero (Odysseus) shipmates feisted on the cattle of Lord Helios and Helios took from their eyes the dawn of their return. (killed them so they can never see home again) What does Calypso want from Odysseus? - -Calypso wants his presence since Zeus banished her to an island fo...

ODYSSEY STUDY GUIDE PART 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ What is an invocation? - -a prayer, asking the gods for something Who does Homer address in the first line and what is he asking? - -Homer address the Muse, who is the daughter of Zeus. He is asking for divine inspiration. What is the epithet used in line 3 to describe Odysseus? - -when odysseus is referred to as the wanderer Who is described in the epithet, "he who moves all day through the heaven"? - -Helios How long has...

THE ODYSSEY PART 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ VERIFIED. "Master mariner and soldier" (Book 11, line 33) - -He is an expert, multitalented "Master of land ways and sea ways" (Book 11, line 69) - -He is an expert, multitalented "That man skilled in all ways of contending" (Book 1, line 2) - -He is talented, strong, aggressive, brave "The strategist" (Book 5, line 80) - -He is clever, "The wanderer" (Book 1, line 3) - -He is Curious A resurrection. - -After being in calyp...

The Odyssey Exam (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A+ The prinicpal thematic significance of Odysseus's identifying himself to Polyphemus as Nobody odysseus goes to troy a decent man but becomes corrupted by war, so he loses the rights to his own name because he's a changed man. he has to regain the rights to his name through his journey home and since he meets polyphemus in the beginning, he hasn't yet done this. Also, his family and friends...