Lecture 28/29

Question 1

Aeolus

Answer 1

Keeper of the winds, gave Odysseus a bag containing all the winds

Question 2

Anticlea

Answer 2

Mother of Odysseus, spirit summoned by Odysseus

Question 3

Antinoüs

Answer 3

Main suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus

Question 4

Arete

Answer 4

Phaeacian Queen, wife of Alcinous

Question 5

Argus

Answer 5

Odysseus’ dog, recognized his master and then died

Question 6

Calypso

Answer 6

Nymph who lives on the island of Ogygia, daughter of Atlas, lived with Odysseus for 7 years and then helps him build a raft and leave

Question 7

Cicones

Answer 7

People who lived in the Thracian city of Ismarus, sacked by Odysseus and his companions

Question 8

Cyclopes

Answer 8

Plural of Cyclops, one-eyed giant herds and who lived in caves on an island

Question 9

Eumaeus

Answer 9

Swineherd from Ithaca who Odysseus revealed his identity to

Question 10

Euryclea

Answer 10

Odysseus’ old nurse, recognized him by a scar on his thigh

Question 11

Ithaca

Answer 11

Island off the west-coast of Greece, home of Odysseus

Question 12

Laestrygonians

Answer 12

Hostile tribe that attacks Odysseus, sinking all his ships but one

Question 13

Lotus Eaters

Answer 13

Those who ate the captivating fruit of the Lotus, encountered by Odysseus

Question 14

Maron

Answer 14

Priest of Apollo in Ismarus, spared by Odysseus, gave him 12 jars of red wine

Question 15

Melanthius

Answer 15

Goatherd of Odysseus, mutilated and killed for disloyalty

Question 16

Nausicaä

Answer 16

Daughter of Alcinous and Arete, found Odysseus washed up on Scheria

Question 17

Nostoi

Answer 17

‘Returns’, epic narrating the return of the Greek leaders from Troy

Question 18

Periphron

Answer 18

Epithet for Penelope meaning ‘circumspect’

Question 19

Phemius

Answer 19

Suitor of Penelope, spared by Odysseus, bard

Question 20

Planctae

Answer 20

Two wandering rocks, a threat to Odysseus

Question 21

Polytropos

Answer 21

An epithet given to Odysseus meaning ‘of many twists and turns’

Question 22

Scheria

Answer 22

The island of the Phaeacians

Question 23

Leucothea

Answer 23

‘White goddess’, sea-goddess who helped Odysseus swim to Scheria

Question 24

Thrinacia

Answer 24

Island of the Sun and his cattle