Books I-III

Question 1

the sun god; a Titan sometimes referred to as Helios

Answer 1

Hyperion

Question 2

daughter of Atlas; nymph on the island of Ogygia

Answer 2

Calypso

Question 3

son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; killed Aegisthus and his mother to avenge his father’s death

Answer 3

Orestes

Question 4

king of the Cyclopes; son of Poseidon and Thoosa; blinded to Odysseus

Answer 4

Polyphemus

Question 5

son of Eupeithes; Ithacon leader of the suitors; suitor Penelope hates most

Answer 5

Antinous

Question 6

son of Polybus; a leading suitor and Ithacon

Answer 6

Eurymachus

Question 7

“Tell me … of that ingenious hero …”

Answer 7

Homer to the Muse

Question 8

“If Odysseus is the man …”

Answer 8

Athene disguised as Mentes to Telemachus

Question 9

father of Penelope; brother of Tyndareus; uncle of Helen and Clytemnestra

Answer 9

Icarius

Question 10

“Sons are seldom …”

Answer 10

Athene disguised as Mentor to Telemachus

Question 11

youngest son of Nestor who, like Telemachus, was too young to go to Troy

Answer 11

Pisistratus

Question 12

“They say the Myrmidons…”

Answer 12

Nestor to Telemachus