9 Homer - Odyssey - Fitzgerald & Hexter

Question 1

Alcinous
vs.
Antinous

Answer 1

Alcinous (al-sin-us): father of Nausicaa (naw-sick-ah); king of Phaeacia (fay-ee-she-a)
vs.
Antinous (an-tin-us): a suitor of Penelope; tried to have Telemachus killed

Question 2

Euryclea
vs,
Eurymachus

Answer 2

Euryclea (u-rick-lee-uh): the wet-nurse of Odysseus
vs.
Eurymachus (u-rim-a-cuss): a suitor of Penelope

Question 3

Lamos
vs.
Samos

Answer 3

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

vs.

Samos (SAY- moss): Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey. Halfway between Troy and Rhodes.

Question 4

Cyclops
vs.
Polyphemus

Answer 4

Cyclops (SIGH clops): one-eyed giants; devoured humans
vs.
Polyphemus (pah lee FEE mus): a giant, one-eyed Cyclops; son of Poseidon

Question 5

Islands: Aeaea vs. Ogygia vs. Thrinacia vs. Lotophagi vs. Lamos

Answer 5

Aeaea (ee-ee-uh): the imaginary island where Circe turns Odysseus’ crew into swine
vs.
Ogygia (oh-gig-e-ah): Calypso’s mythical island where she detained Odysseus for seven years
vs.
Thrinacia (thrin-a-cee-ah): Helios’ Island with cattle
vs.
Lotophagi (low-tuh-faye-jeih): island off the east coast of Tunisia; Land of the Lotus Eaters [TLLE]
vs.
Lamos (lah-mos): island off of Algeria; home to the cannibalistic giant Laestrygonians
(lice-truh-go-neigh-ans)

Question 6

Hades Brothers

Answer 6

Hades (HAY dees): Zeus and Poseidon

Question 7

Kirkê

Answer 7

Kirkê: Circe (SIR-see) [transliterated Greek; not Romanized]

Question 8

Charybdis #1
vs.
Scylla #1

Answer 8

Charybdis #1 (kuh RIB dis): monster who created whirlpool as Odysseus sailed through the strait
vs.
Scylla #1 (SKILL ah): monster guarding the strait through which Odysseus sailed. Did NOT make a
whirlpool!

Question 9

Scylla Location
vs.
Charybdis Location

Answer 9

Scylla Location: northeast (NE) side of the Strait of Messina which, is between the boot-tip of Italy and Sicily
vs.
Charybdis Location: southwest (SW) side of the Strait of Messina; between the boot-tip of Italy and the island of Sicily

Question 10

Demeter
vs.
Hera

Answer 10

Demeter (dee MEE ter): sister of Zeus, mother of Persephone by Zeus; Greek godess of the harvest [ZPZH]
vs.
Hera (HAIR a): wife of Zeus; queen of the Greek gods; Roman Juno

Question 11

Aegisthus

Answer 11

Aegisthus (ee JISS thuss): Clytemnestra’s lover; co-murderer of Agamemnon; was revenge killed by her son Orestes (aw RESS tees).

Question 12

Anticlea

Answer 12

Anticlea (ann-tee-klee-uh): mother of Odysseus; wife of King Laërtes of Ithaca [OLI]

Question 13

Eumaeus

Answer 13

Eumaeus (you-MAY-us): Odysseus’ swineherder and friend

Question 14

Laertes

Answer 14

Laertes (lay AIR tees): father of Odysseus; husband of Anticlea (ann-t-klee-uh)

Question 15

Mnemosyne

Answer 15

Mnemosyne (ni-maugh-zuh-knee): Greek goddess of memory; mother of the muses

Question 16

Mentes

Answer 16

Mentes: Athena’s disguise when she visits Telemachus in Ithaka; old family friend of Odysseus

Question 17

Orestes

Answer 17

Orestes (aw RESS tees): son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; revenged father’s death by killing his mother and her lover

Question 18

Prelapsarian

Answer 18

Prelapsarian: characteristic of the time before the Fall of Man; innocent, unspoiled, with plenitude

Question 19

Ikários

Answer 19

Ikários: Penelope’s father, who lives ‘across the sea’ and not in Ithaca

Question 20

Hecatomb

Answer 20

Hecatomb (HEC-cuh-toamb): a ritualistic sacrifice/slaughter, i.e., 100 oxen or cattle

Question 21

Aeolian

Answer 21

Aeolian (ee OH lee uhn): pertaining to Aeolus, god of the winds, or winds in general

Question 22

Nostos

Answer 22

Nostos: Greek for ‘homecoming’ usually a return home by sea like Odysseus