Characters

Question 1

Ares

Answer 1

God of war

Question 2

Orestes

Answer 2

Son of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, kills Aegisthus

Question 3

Hephaestus

Answer 3

Blacksmith god - Achilles shield

Question 4

Lotus eaters

Answer 4

Visited by Ody, on land of lotus fruit that make men’s desire for nostos disappear

Question 5

Argos

Answer 5

Odysseus’ old hunting dog

Question 6

Mentes

Answer 6

Old friend of Ody, Athena disguised herself as him when meeting Telemachus

Question 7

Calypso

Answer 7

Semi-goddess, daughter of Atlas, imprisons Odysseus for 7 years

Question 8

Laertes

Answer 8

Father of Ody

Question 9

Alcinous

Answer 9

King of Phaeacia

Question 10

Amphinomus

Answer 10

Humane suitor

Question 11

Anticleia

Answer 11

Mother of Odysseus, wife of Laertes

Question 12

Eurylochus

Answer 12

Companion of Odysseus’ who causes trouble (at Scheria and land of sun-god)

Question 13

Dawn

Answer 13

Goddess of morning

Question 14

Eurymachus

Answer 14

A leading suitor, wealthiest, having an affair with maid Melantho

Question 15

Nausicaa

Answer 15

Daughter of Phaeacian king Alcinous

Question 16

Heracles

Answer 16

Hero of the 12 labours

Question 17

Amphimedon

Answer 17

Suitor, ghost tells Agamemnon of suitors death in Hades

Question 18

Nausithous

Answer 18

Father of Alcinous

Question 19

Medon

Answer 19

Herald of Penelope who reveals Suitors plans

Question 20

Icarius

Answer 20

Father of Penelope

Question 21

Aegisthus

Answer 21

Murderer of Agamemnon, husband of Clytaemnestra

Question 22

Elpenor

Answer 22

Companion of Ody, killed by falling off roof, asks Ody to perform burial rites when they meet in Hades

Question 23

Melanthius

Answer 23

Treacherous goatherd, string up by swineherds

Question 24

Aeolus

Answer 24

King of winds

Question 25

Circe

Answer 25

Goddess, holds Odysseus and sends him to Hades

Question 26

Nestor

Answer 26

King of Pylos

Question 27

Hermes

Answer 27

Messenger god

Question 28

Pesistratus

Answer 28

Son of Nestor, accompanies Telemachus

Question 29

Antinous

Answer 29

A leading suitor, accused of being the harshest

Question 30

Helios

Answer 30

Sun god on island of Thrinacie

Question 31

Demodocus

Answer 31

Blind phaeacian bard

Question 32

Achilles

Answer 32

Greek hero at Troy

Question 33

Eurycleia

Answer 33

Ody’ and Tele’ nurse

Question 34

Ctesippus

Answer 34

Suitor who hurled hoof at Odysseus

Question 35

Clytaemnestra

Answer 35

Wife of Agamemon, mother of Orestes

Question 36

Melantho

Answer 36

Treacherous maid of Penelope’s, having an affair with Eurymachus

Question 37

Irus

Answer 37

Beggar in Ithaca

Question 38

Helen

Answer 38

Wife of Menelaus

Question 39

Leucothoe (Ino)

Answer 39

Sea goddess who saves Ody from drowning

Question 40

Charybdis

Answer 40

Monstrous whirlpool

Question 41

Eumaeus

Answer 41

Swineherd loyal to Ody

Question 42

Aphrodite

Answer 42

Goddess of sexual attraction