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Odyssey Lines 1–518: Invoke the Cyclops

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This board helps players review The Odyssey through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Epic Terms, Sailing From Troy, Storms & Lotus, The Cyclops, Heroes & Values. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Epic Terms

    A long poem about a hero’s great deeds.

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    epic

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  • Sailing From Troy

    The people Odysseus raids at Ismarus.

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    Cicones

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  • Storms & Lotus

    The king of the gods who sends the storm.

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    Zeus

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  • The Cyclops

    The Cyclops’ name who traps Odysseus.

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    Polyphemus

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  • Heroes & Values

    Odysseus’ home island.

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    Ithaca

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Epic Terms

$100 — A long poem about a hero’s great deeds.
epic
$200 — The poem opens with a call to the Muse.
invocation
$300 — “Dawn with ringlets shining” is this descriptive device.
epithet
$400 — Odysseus narrates past events to King Alcinous using this technique.
flashback
$500 — Latin phrase meaning “in the middle of things.”
in medias res

Sailing From Troy

$100 — The people Odysseus raids at Ismarus.
Cicones
$200 — What Odysseus orders his men to do after the raid.
leave quickly
$300 — Instead, the mutinous crew do this on the beach.
feast and drink wine
$400 — Men lost from each ship at Ismarus.
six
$500 — The Cicones’ army is compared to these.
leaves and blades of spring

Storms & Lotus

$100 — The king of the gods who sends the storm.
Zeus
$200 — The cape whose winds and current drive Odysseus off course.
Malea
$300 — Days drifting before reaching the Lotus-Eaters.
nine
$400 — What Odysseus does to the Lotus-eaters once aboard.
tie them under benches
$500 — The Lotus symbolizes this.
temptation

The Cyclops

$100 — The Cyclops’ name who traps Odysseus.
Polyphemus
$200 — The false name Odysseus gives the giant.
Nohbdy
$300 — The drink used to make the Cyclops drowsy.
strong wine
$400 — The animals the men cling beneath to escape.
rams
$500 — The god Polyphemus prays to for vengeance.
Poseidon

Heroes & Values

$100 — Odysseus’ home island.
Ithaca
$200 — The goddess who held Odysseus on her island.
Calypso
$300 — The sacred Greek rule of hospitality the Cyclops breaks.
xenia
$400 — The dangerous pride shown when Odysseus shouts his name.
hubris
$500 — The crew’s fatal flaw named early in the poem.
recklessness

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