The Odyssey Terms and Hero's Journey

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NOT an epic hero quality?

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very handsome

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Final step of the hero's journey

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Master of two worlds

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Greek epic begins with:

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invocation to the muse

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Deus ex machina

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sudden resolution of an unsolvable problem by an unlikely occurrence

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Hubris

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Excessive pride in defiance of the gods

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Literary device at epic's start

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en media res

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Long narrative poem about culture's history

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Epic poem

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Epithet example

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Melody's daughter

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Epic hero's arrogance against the gods

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Hubris