Book 1: Telemachos in Itchaca

Question 1

What was the name of Odysseus’s city he returned to?

Answer 1

Ithaca

Question 2

Which warriors does Athena tell Telemachos to assembly?

Answer 2

Achaean

Question 4

What God had an unending rage at Odysseus?

Answer 4

Poseidon

Question 5

Who is Helios Hyperion?

Answer 5

Sun God

Question 6

Who had Poseidon gone off to?

Answer 6

Aethiopians

Question 7

How many oarsmen does Telemachos gather?

Answer 7

20

Question 8

What sacrifice did Poseidon receive?

Answer 8

Bulls and Rams

Question 10

Who did Orestes kill?

Answer 10

Aigisthos

Question 11

What aspect do they describe of Athena?

Answer 11

Flashing-eyed

Question 13

Why is Poseidon angry with Odysseus?

Answer 13

He killed the Cyclops son of Poseidon and a nymph

Question 14

Where does Athena send Odysseus’s son?

Answer 14

To sandy Pylos to learn about the homecoming of his father from Nestor and then to Sparta to blond hairs menelaos

Question 15

What do they describe Telemachos as?

Answer 15

Shrewd

Question 16

Why did Orestes kill Aigisthos?

Answer 16

He killed his father Agamemnon

Question 17

What does Athena fly as?

Answer 17

A bird

Question 18

What did Penelope hold before her cheeks?

Answer 18

A shining veil

Question 19

Who is the ringleader of the suitors?

Answer 19

Antinoös and Eurymachos

Question 20

What female slave loved Telemachos the best?

Answer 20

Eurykleia, bought with 20 cattle

Question 22

Who does Athena disguise herself as?

Answer 22

Mentes, leader of Taphians

Question 23

Who did Aigisthos kill?

Answer 23

Agamemnon to pursue his wife

Question 26

Who is Calypso the daughter of?

Answer 26

Atlas, who holds the pillars of earth and sky apart