Books I-VIII

Question 1

“Sons are seldom …”

Answer 1

Athene disguised as Mentor to Telemachus

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Proteus

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Medon

Question 4

goddess who lived on Aeaea; daughter of Hyperion, the sun god

Answer 4

Circe

Question 5

son of Polybus; a leading suitor and Ithacon

Answer 5

Eurymachus

Question 6

“May heaven grant you …”

Answer 6

Odysseus to Nausicaa

Question 7

“They say the Myrmidons…”

Answer 7

Nestor to Telemachus

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Orestes

Question 9

“Tell me … of that ingenious hero …”

Answer 9

Homer to the Muse

Question 10

“If Odysseus is the man …”

Answer 10

Athene disguised as Mentes to Telemachus

Question 11

“I am not fond of crying …”

Answer 11

Pisistratus to Menelaus

Question 12

daughter of Atlas; nymph on the island of Ogygia

Answer 12

Calypso

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Icarius

Question 14

daughter of Rhexenor; niece and wife of Alcinous

Answer 14

Arete

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Polyphemus

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Nausicaa

Question 17

“Let us ask the stranger …”

Answer 17

Laodamas to Euryalus (about Odysseus)

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Pisistratus

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Antinous

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Menelaus to Telemachus and Pisistratus

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Elysium

Question 22

the sun god; a Titan sometimes referred to as Helios

Answer 22

Hyperion

Question 23

favorite and oldest son of Alcinous; best-looking Phaeacian

Answer 23

Laodamas

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Dolius

Question 25

“We must see…”

Answer 25

King Alcinous to his councilors