ODYS SPECIFIC Monomyth

Question 1

1. birth, 4d

Answer 1

• son of laertes and anticlea
• great grandson of hermes
• killed a boar
• one of helen’s suitors

Question 2

2. call to adventure, 3d

Answer 2

• menelaus asks to fight in TW
• pretends to be bad so it looks like he can’t fight
• ends up fighting in TW in the end

Question 3

3. helpsers/amulet

Answer 3

athena

Question 4

4. crossing the threshold, 2d

Answer 4

• leaves troy
• doesn’t make the appropriate sacrifices

Question 5

what initially delays ody and crew from getting back to ithaca

Answer 5

they do the proper scarifices in troy

Question 6

5. tests, 10d

Answer 6

Polyphemus, Scylla, Charbydis, Circe, Calypso, Sirens, Lotus Eaters, underworld, Laestrygonians, thrinacia

Question 7

6. helpers, 6d (not in ithaca)

Answer 7

Hermes, athena
circe, calypso
phaecians, aeolus

Question 8

7. climax

Answer 8

fight w/ suitors

Question 9

8. flight

Answer 9

flees from suitor’s families who want revenge

Question 10

9. return, 2d

Answer 10

reconcile w pene, reconcile w laertes

Question 11

10. elixir, 6d

Answer 11

• Treasure
• knowledge
• glory
• peace in Ithaca
• Poseidon’s forgiveness
• re-unites. w family

Question 12

11. home

Answer 12

returns as king of ithaca

Question 13

how long does it take odysseus to get back to ithaca (from when he leaves for TW)

Answer 13

20 years