Books I-VI

Question 1

plain at the end of the world where virtuous heroes go at death

Answer 1

Elysium

Question 2

son of Polybus; a leading suitor and Ithacon

Answer 2

Eurymachus

Question 3

a weeding gift from Penelope’s father; father of Melanthius and Melantho

Answer 3

Dolius

Question 4

“I am not fond of crying …”

Answer 4

Pisistratus to Menelaus

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Antinous

Question 6

the sun god; a Titan sometimes referred to as Helios

Answer 6

Hyperion

Question 7

“Tell me … of that ingenious hero …”

Answer 7

Homer to the Muse

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Icarius

Question 9

“Sons are seldom …”

Answer 9

Athene disguised as Mentor to Telemachus

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Pisistratus

Question 11

“If Odysseus is the man …”

Answer 11

Athene disguised as Mentes to Telemachus

Question 12

loyal servant of Penelope; herald in Odysseus’ house; suitors’ favorite servant

Answer 12

Medon

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Orestes

Question 14

old man of the sea; an immortal Egyptian able to charge shape at will

Answer 14

Proteus

Question 15

daughter of Atlas; nymph on the island of Ogygia

Answer 15

Calypso

Question 16

“I often grieve, as I sit here in my house …”

Answer 16

Menelaus to Telemachus and Pisistratus

Question 17

“They say the Myrmidons…”

Answer 17

Nestor to Telemachus

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Polyphemus

Question 19

daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete who soon hoped to marry

Answer 19

Nausicaa

Question 20

“May heaven grant you …”

Answer 20

Odysseus to Nausicaa