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The Odyssey. A Review Game. Gods, Goddesses, and Mortals, Oh My!. 100. Odysseus stays with her for seven years. 100. Calypso. 200. He raises a storm to destroy Odysseus’s raft when he sails from Calypso’s island. 200. Poseidon. 300. The goddess of wisdom; she favors Odysseus.
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The Odyssey A Review Game
100 Odysseus stays with her for seven years
100 Calypso
200 He raises a storm to destroy Odysseus’s raft when he sails from Calypso’s island
200 Poseidon
300 The goddess of wisdom; she favors Odysseus
300 Athena
400 The king of the gods; he sends down a thunderbolt which destroys Odysseus’ remaining ship and causes his crew to drown
400 Zeus
500 She turns Odysseus’s men into pigs
500 Circe
100 A character’s background or family tree is listed
100 Catalog
200 A character brags about his past to gain respect
200 Boasting
300 The gods and goddesses get involved in human affairs
300 Divine Intervention
400 The present is interrupted to go back and tell about something that happened earlier
400 Flashback
500 The social code of taking care of guests and warriors
500 Hospitality Code
100 “‘My name is Noman; aye, and Noman my father and my mother called me and all my comrades.’”
100 Intelligence
200 “‘We are not, friends, untried in danger. This new peril that lies before us is no greater than when the Cyclops caught and held us fast in his hollow cave. Yet we found escape . . . I think we shall live to tell the tale of this day too.’”
200 Leadership
300 “I put on my glorious armor and I grasped two spears in my hand and took my station on the decked prow, for there I thought I first should see appear this Scylla.”
300 Bravery
“Here Cyclops, take this wine, and drink after your feast of human flesh, and learn how good a drink we kept hidden within our ship.’” 400
400 Intelligence
500 “So there I took my stand by it (a large piece of olive wood) and cut a fathom’s length away, and this I gave my men and bade them shape it. They made it smooth, while I stood by and brought it to a point and charred it in a glowing fire.”
500 Battle Skills
100 “‘I am Odysseus, great Laertes’ son.’”
100 Catalog
200 Odysseus goes to the underworld to talk to the blind prophet, Teiresias
200 Visit to Hades
300 “Zeus now thundered from on high and hurled his bolt upon the ship.”
300 Divine Intervention
400 “Tell me the tale, Muse, of that man of many changes, he who went wandering so far when he had plundered Troy’s sacred citadel.”
400 Call to the Muse
500 While Odysseus is at the Land of the Phaeacians, he recalls his wanderings and tells Alcinous what happened to him after he left Troy
500 Flashback
100 Wife of Odysseus
100 Penelope
Homer 200