What to Know Before Reading the Odyssey

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What are the different types of hero's in Literature?

Epic Hero, Tragic Hero, Romantic Hero

Epic Hero, Tragic Hero, Monster

Tragic Hero, Romantic Hero, Special Hero

Epic Hero, Tragic Hero, Magnificent Hero

Who is Homer?

A blind, Greek poet who did not live around 700 BC.

A blind, Greek poet who lived around 700 BC who wrote the Odyssey.

Home wrote Fiction and lived around 600 BC.

Homer is known for writing the Odyssey and the Lilly.

What is the Iliad?

Story of the last year of the Trojan War, which lasted 7 years.

Story of the last year of the Trojan War, which lasted 10 years.

Story of the last year of the Trojan War, which lasted 5 years.

Story of the last year of the Trojan War, which lasted 12 years.

What did the Greeks build to help them intrude on the Trojan walls?

They were able to walk through

A large cement horse

A large wooden horse

A small chest

When did the Trojan War start?

Started when the Greeks snuck into the Trojan walls with a large wooden horse.

Started when, Odsseus, a Trojan Prince, captured Helen.

Started in 700 BC

Started when Paris, a Trojan Prince, captured the beautiful Helen from her husband, Menelaus, the king of Sparta.

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