Books I-XI

Question 1

prophet/seer; Persephone granted him understanding even in the Underworld

Answer 1

Teiresias

Question 2

“I am not fond of crying …”

Answer 2

Pisistratus to Menelaus

Question 3

“Sons are seldom …”

Answer 3

Athene disguised as Mentor to Telemachus

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Medon

Question 5

Trojan allies who lived in Thrace in the city of Ismarus; Odysseus raided them

Answer 5

Cicones

Question 6

“Let us ask the stranger …”

Answer 6

Laodamas to Euryalus (about Odysseus)

Question 7

clan of one-eyed giants who herded sheep and goats, had no farms or ships

Answer 7

Cyclopes

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Icarius

Question 9

“If Odysseus is the man …”

Answer 9

Athene disguised as Mentes to Telemachus

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Antinous

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Menelaus to Telemachus and Pisistratus

Question 12

“Firstly, then, I will tell you my name …”

Answer 12

Odysseus son of Laertes, from Ithaca, to the Phaeacians

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Pisistratus

Question 14

the sun god; a Titan sometimes referred to as Helios

Answer 14

Hyperion

Question 15

daughter of Rhexenor; niece and wife of Alcinous

Answer 15

Arete

Question 16

relative of Odysseus; second in command of the men of Ithaca

Answer 16

Eurylochus

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Elysium

Question 18

eating lotus made them - and their visitors - forget home and want to stay their forever

Answer 18

lotus-eaters

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Circe

Question 20

Odysseus’ mother; seems that she killed herself, which is what tradition says

Answer 20

Anticlea

Question 21

son of Polybus; a leading suitor and Ithacon

Answer 21

Eurymachus

Question 22

“May heaven grant you …”

Answer 22

Odysseus to Nausicaa

Question 23

“Your wife still remains …”

Answer 23

Anticlea to Odysseus

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Dolius

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Orestes

Question 26

Cyclops blinded by Odysseus; a son of Poseidon and Thoosa

Answer 26

Polyphemes

Question 27

“Tell me … of that ingenious hero …”

Answer 27

Homer to the Muse

Question 28

“They say the Myrmidons…”

Answer 28

Nestor to Telemachus

Question 29

“We must see…”

Answer 29

King Alcinous to his councilors

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Nausicaa

Question 31

Laestrygonian king; ate Odysseus’ scout; wife was a mountain -sized giantess

Answer 31

Antiphates

Question 32

daughter of Atlas; nymph on the island of Ogygia

Answer 32

Calypso

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Proteus

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Polyphemus

Question 35

favorite and oldest son of Alcinous; best-looking Phaeacian

Answer 35

Laodamas