Intro to the Odyssey: Video Vocabulary

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Performer of epic poetry

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Rhapsode

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Won by Odysseus using a fake horse

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The Odyssey

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Super-long poem about an epic hero

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Epic Poem

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Foolish pride; thinking you're as smart as the gods

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hubris

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One-eyed giants who eat people

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Cyclopes

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Blind poet of the Iliad and Odyssey

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Homer

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Epic poem about the Trojan War

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The Iliad

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Greek virtue of hospitality

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xenia

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God of the Sea

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Poseidon

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Term for starting a story in the middle

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in media res