Books I-XII

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Eurylochus

Question 2

“They say the Myrmidons…”

Answer 2

Nestor to Telemachus

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Orestes

Question 4

“We must see…”

Answer 4

King Alcinous to his councilors

Question 5

daughter of Rhexenor; niece and wife of Alcinous

Answer 5

Arete

Question 6

“Let us ask the stranger …”

Answer 6

Laodamas to Euryalus (about Odysseus)

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Antiphates

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Circe

Question 9

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

Answer 9

lotus-eaters

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Pisistratus

Question 11

son of Polybus; a leading suitor and Ithacon

Answer 11

Eurymachus

Question 12

“I am not fond of crying …”

Answer 12

Pisistratus to Menelaus

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Medon

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Polyphemus

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Menelaus to Telemachus and Pisistratus

Question 16

“Tell me … of that ingenious hero …”

Answer 16

Homer to the Muse

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Cicones

Question 18

daughter of Atlas; nymph on the island of Ogygia

Answer 18

Calypso

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Proteus

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Teiresias

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Antinous

Question 22

“If Odysseus is the man …”

Answer 22

Athene disguised as Mentes to Telemachus

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Cyclopes

Question 24

“Sons are seldom …”

Answer 24

Athene disguised as Mentor to Telemachus

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Nausicaa

Question 26

the sun god; a Titan sometimes referred to as Helios

Answer 26

Hyperion

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Elysium

Question 28

favorite and oldest son of Alcinous; best-looking Phaeacian

Answer 28

Laodamas

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Odysseus son of Laertes, from Ithaca, to the Phaeacians

Question 30

“May heaven grant you …”

Answer 30

Odysseus to Nausicaa

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Icarius

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Dolius

Question 33

Cyclops blinded by Odysseus; a son of Poseidon and Thoosa

Answer 33

Polyphemes

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Anticlea

Question 35

“Your wife still remains …”

Answer 35

Anticlea to Odysseus

Question 36

two singers in a field of flowers whose song enchanted men, drawing them to the field where they rotted away listening

Answer 36

Sirens

Question 37

“Come here, renowned …”

Answer 37

Sirens’ song