Chapter 22

Question 1

Lotus Eaters

Answer 1

men consume a lotus that hold a drug making them forget their desire to go home; Odysseus had to force men back on the ship

Question 2

Cyclopes

Answer 2

round-eyes

Question 3

Polyphemus

Answer 3

cyclops; son of Poseidon; trapped Odysseus and men in his cave with his ship; Odysseus got him drunk and blinded him and snuck his sheep out by having them hold on to the belly of sheep; Polyphemus cursed the Odysseus and the crew so they would not make a quick return home

Question 4

Aeolus

Answer 4

island; wind-king inhabits; gave Odysseus bag of winds which his crew opened and blew them away from Ithaca when they were close to being home

Question 5

Laestrygonians

Answer 5

end up on their land; cannibals eating the men; some of Odysseus’s men and him escape

Question 6

Circe

Answer 6

daughter of Helius and sister of Aeetes; turns Odysseus’ men into pigs; Hermes gives him moly so can’t be turned by her magic; she invites him to bed; crew remains on island for a year before they attempt to return home

Question 7

Sirens

Answer 7

approach their island whose song no man can resist; Odysseus plugs his men’s ears and has them hold him down as sirens sings

Question 8

Charybdis

Answer 8

whirlpool that sucks down and spits up a torrent of water three times a day

Question 9

Scylla

Answer 9

monster with 12 misshapen feet, 6 long necks each with own head, 3 rows of teeth; eats some of Odysseus’ men as they pass by

Question 10

Calypso

Answer 10

lives on Ogygia for 7 years; nymph loves and offer Odysseus eternal life if he marries her; misses his wife so goes to shore and weeps for home; Athena asks Zeus to free him and he agrees

Question 11

Phaeacians

Answer 11

Builds a raft that drifts to their island; Poseidon conjures up storm in anger for blinding his son that the raft breaks and throws Odysseus into the sea; saved by sea-goddess Leucothea (Ino); arrives on island and falls asleep in a bush

Question 12

Nausicaa

Answer 12

daughter of Phaeacian king Alcinous; finds Odysseus when washing clothes; he flatters her and her and the maids bathe him

Question 13

Telemachus

Answer 13

Odysseus’s son; in danger of suitors; Odysseus reveals identity to his son

Question 14

Argus

Answer 14

Odysseus’s dog notices his master and drops dead in excitement

Question 15

Antinous

Answer 15

leader of the suitors; revile Odysseus the beggar; Penelope does not recognize husband dressed as a beggar

Question 16

Euryclea

Answer 16

nurse of Odysseus who washes his feet and notices his scar and recognizes him; threatens her not to say who he is