8 Homer - Odyssey - Fitzgerald & Hexter

Question 1

Heracles

Answer 1

Heracles (HAIR a klees): Greek god of strength; son of Zeus; Roman Hercules

Question 2

Ismarus

Answer 2

Ismarus (is-MERE-us): city of the Cicones (kih-ko-knees) in ancient Thrace; sacked by Odysseus [CTO]

Question 3

Laestrygonians

Answer 3

Laestrygonians (lice-truh-go-neigh-ans): the cannibalistic giants of Lamos (lah-mos) Island off Algeria

Question 4

Lamos

Answer 4

Lamos (lah-mos): island off of Algeria; home to the cannibalistic giant Laestrygonians (lice-truh-go-neigh-ans)

Question 5

Lotophagi

Answer 5

Lotophagi (low-tuh-faye-jeigh): island off the east coast of Tunisia, Land of the Lotus Eaters [TLLE]

Question 6

Nausicaa

Answer 6

Nausicaa (naw-sick-ah): the unrequited love of Odysseus; daughter of Alcinous (al-sin-us) on Phaeacia (fay-ee-she-a) [OAP]

Question 7

Ogygia

Answer 7

Ogygia (oh-gig-e-ah): Calypso’s mythical island where she detained Odysseus for a seven year ‘gig’.

Question 8

Persephone

Answer 8

Persephone (per SEF uh nee): Queen of the Underworld; daughter of Demeter; carried off by Hades

Question 9

Phaeacia Location

Answer 9

Phaeacia (fay-ee-she-a): Corsica Island west of Italy; aka Scheria (scare-e-uh)

Question 10

Phoebus

Answer 10

Phoebus (FEE buhs): a literary name for the Greek god Apollo; sun god

Question 11

Pisistratus

Answer 11

Pisistratus (pie-sis-trat-us): son of King Nestor; traveled with Telemachus when searching for his father Odysseus [NTO]

Question 12

Polyphemus

Answer 12

Polyphemus (pah lee FEE mus): giant, one-eyed cyclops; son of Poseidon

Question 13

Poseidon

Answer 13

Poseidon (poe SIGN dun): ruler of the ocean; Roman Neptune

Question 14

Scheria [location & second name]

Answer 14

Scheria (scare-e-uh): aka Phaeacia (fay-ee-she-a); Corsica Island west of Italy

Question 15

Scylla #1

Answer 15

Scylla #1 (SKILL ah): monster guarding the strait through which Odysseus sailed. Did NOT make a whirlpool!

Question 16

Scylla Location

Answer 16

Scylla Location: northeast side of the Strait of Messina which is between the boot-tip of Italy and Sicily

Question 17

Sirens

Answer 17

Sirens: sea nymphs whose singing charmed mariners to leap into the sea

Question 18

Sirens’ Location

Answer 18

Sirens’ Location: possibly on the island of Sardinia west of Italy and north of Sicily

Question 19

Sisyphus

Answer 19

Sisyphus (SIS uh fuhs): condemned in Tartarus to perpetually roll a big rock uphill

Question 20

Tantalus

Answer 20

Tantalus (TAN ta lus): he cut up, cooked, and served his son to the gods. Now stands in Hades, in water under a fruit tree, both of which withdraw when he tries to eat or drink.

Question 21

Tartarus

Answer 21

Tartarus (TAHR tur rus): the deepest regions of inferno; the underworld

Question 22

Telemachus

Answer 22

Telemachus (tel-lem-ah-cuss): son of Odysseus and Penelope

Question 23

Thrinacia [Odysseus forbidden to eat]

Answer 23

Thrinacia (thrin-a-cee-ah): the island where the god Helios kept his cattle

Question 24

Tiresias

Answer 24

Tiresias (tie REE see us): a blind, Greek prophet who was turned into a woman for seven years

Question 25

Zeus

Answer 25

Zeus (ZOOS): king of the gods; sky, lightning, and thunder; Roman Jupiter