7 Homer - Odyssey - Fitzgerald & Hexter

Question 1

Aeaea

Answer 1

Aeaea (ee-ee-uh): the imaginary island where Circe turns Odysseus’ crew into swine

Question 2

Aeolia

Answer 2

Aeolia (ee-OH-lee-uh): the floating island of the god of the winds, Aeolus. (Odysseus’ men later opened the bag of wind and were blown away from Ithaca.)

Question 3

Alcinous

Answer 3

Alcinous (al-sin-us): father of Nausicaa (naw-sick-ah); king of Phaeacia (faye-e-she-a) on Scheria (scare-e-uh) island [NPS]

Question 4

Antinous

Answer 4

Antinous (an-tin-us): a suitor of Penelope; tried to have Telemachus killed

Question 5

Aphrodite

Answer 5

Aphrodite (a fruh DIE tee): goddess of sexual love and beauty; Romans Venus

Question 6

Aarete aka Arete

Answer 6

Aarete aka Arete (air-e-tea): queen Phaeacia (faye-e-she-a); wife of Alcinous (al-sin-us); mother of Nausicaa (naw-sick-ah) [PAN]

Question 7

Calypso

Answer 7

Calypso (kuh LIP sow): queen of Ogygia (oh-gig-e-ah) Island; kept Odysseus for seven years [OO]

Question 8

Cape Malea

Answer 8

Cape Malea: the extreme southeastern tip of the Peloponnese peninsula. Where Odysseus was blown off to the Land of the Lotus-Eaters [POLL]

Question 9

Charybdis #1

Answer 9

Charybdis #1 (kuh RIB dis): monster who created whirlpool as Odysseus sailed through the strait

Question 10

Charybdis Location

Answer 10

Charybdis Location: southwest (SW) side of the Strait of Messina; between the boot-tip of Italy and the island of Sicily

Question 11

Cicones

Answer 11

Cicones (kih-ko-knees): Thracian people of Ismarus

Question 12

Cimmerians

Answer 12

Cimmerians (see-MIR-ee-uns): a people living beyond Oceanus, at the edge of the world; the entrance of Hades

Question 13

Circe

Answer 13

Circe (SIR see): sorceress who turned Odysseus’ crew into swine

Question 14

Cyclops Island Location

Answer 14

Cyclops Island Location: modern-day Sicily; Odysseus’ next stop after the Lotus Eaters

Question 15

Cyclops & One Notable Cyclops

Answer 15

Cyclops (SIGH clops): one-eyed giants; devoured human beings. Polyphemus was son of Poseidon

Question 16

Cyclopes

Answer 16

Cyclopes (sigh KLOH peez): plural of Cyclops

Question 17

Cytera

Answer 17

Cytera (suh-THEAR-ah; rhymes with ‘fear’): a Greek island west of Cape Malea known for a cult of Aphrodite

Question 18

Danaans

Answer 18

Danaans (dan-neigh-ans): Achaeans or Greeks

Question 19

Demeter

Answer 19

Demeter (dee MEE ter): sister of Zeus, mother of Persephone by Zeus; Greek goddess of the harvest [ZPZH]

Question 20

Dolius

Answer 20

Dolius (dah-lee-us): slave and gardener of Penelope

Question 21

Euryclea

Answer 21

Euryclea (u-rick-lee-uh): the wet-nurse of Odysseus

Question 22

Eurymachus

Answer 22

Eurymachus (u-rim-a-cuss): a suitor of Penelope

Question 23

Hades the God

Answer 23

Hades (HAY dees): by luck of the draw, the god of the underworld; brother of Zeus and Poseidon

Question 24

Helios & Son

Answer 24

Helios (HE lee os): sun god; his son Phaethon crashed his horse-drawn chariot driving through the sky

Question 25

Hera

Answer 25

Hera (HAIR a): wife of Zeus; queen of the Greek gods; Roman Juno