Book 3

Question 1

When Telemachus arrives at Pylos what does he find the people doing?

Answer 1

Sacrificing black bulls to Poseidon

Question 2

Who arrives at Pylos to see the people sacrificing black bulls to Poseidon?

Answer 2

Telemachus

Question 3

At what island does Telemachus find the people sacrificing black bulls?

Answer 3

Pylos

Question 4

Who is Nestor’s youngest son?

Answer 4

Peisistratus

Question 5

When Telemachus arrives at Pylos who asks him to sacrifice to Poseidon?

Answer 5

Peisistratus

Question 6

Why does Telemachus visit Nestor?

Answer 6

To ask about his father’s whereabouts

Question 7

What does Nestor tell Telemachus about?

Answer 7

How after the war Menelaus and Agamemnon argued over staying and sacrificing to Athena or going home

Question 8

What did Agamemnon and Menelaus argue about after the Trojan War?

Answer 8

staying and sacrificing to Athena or going home

Question 9

Who killed Agamemnon when he returned from the Trojan War?

Answer 9

Aegisthus

Question 10

Who killed Aegisthus eight years after Agamemnon’s death?

Answer 10

Orestes

Question 11

Where was Menelaus when Agamemnon was killed?

Answer 11

Egypt

Question 12

Who accompanied Telemachus after visiting Pylos?

Answer 12

Peisistratus

Question 13

At Pylos who were they sacrificing black bulls to?

Answer 13

Poseidon