Numbers in the Odyssey

Question 1

20

Answer 1

Trees felled, branches lopped off with a bronze axe, and trimmed to make edges straight- by Odysseus to builf raft to leave Ogygia

Question 2

4

Answer 2

4 th day Odysseus finished building his raft to leave Ogygia.

Question 3

5

Answer 3

5th day Odysseus left Ogygia for Scherie.

Question 4

18

Answer 4

18th day at sea Scerie came into view.

18th day Poseidon returned from Ethiopia and roused a storm against Odysseus.

Question 5

2

Answer 5

Days and nights Odysseus spent swimming to Scherie after Poseidon broke his raft.
Of Odysseus’ men (+ a messenger) Odysseus sent inland to find out who inhabited Telepylus
Men ran from the palace of Antiphates, after he started eating the other of the party

Question 6

3

Answer 6

3rd day Odysseus came to Scherie.

Question 7

7

Answer 7

Years Odysseus spent trapped on Calypso’s island.

Question 8

1

Answer 8

Axe and an adze brought to Odysseus by Calypso to build his raft.
Skin of wine, and a larger one of water given to Odysseus by Calypso for his voyage.
Same goes for a leather sack of grain and appetizing meats.
Also a cloth to make a sail for his raft.
Messenger went in party inland on Telepylus
Dude was originally eaten by Antiphates
->DAY Odysseus and men spent feasting on that big stag and drinking mellow wine on Aeaea beach
Year spent on Aeaea with Circe

Question 9

12

Answer 9

Number of children Aeolus had.

Question 10

6

Answer 10

Daughters Aeolus had
Sons Aeolus had (so it made perfect sense to marry them to each other…)
Days and nights they sailed the second time from Aeolia (7th day they reached Telepylus)

Question 11

28-31

Answer 11

Days (1 month) that Aeolus entertained Odysseus for (the 1st time)

Question 12

9

Answer 12

Days and nights Odysseus and men sailed for from Aeolia 1st time (10th they could see people tending fires on Ithaca)

Question 13

10

Answer 13

10th day from Aeolia (1st time) Odysseus and men could see people tending fires on Ithaca. Then Odysseus fell asleep, and his men opened the bag of winds.

Question 14

7

Answer 14

7th day from Aeolia (2nd time) they came to Telepylus, land of Antiphates, king of the Laestrygonians.

Question 15

3

Answer 15

3rd day on Aeaea Odysseus stopped moping on the beach, to find a vantage point (saw smoke from Circe and killed a big stag)

Question 16

22

Answer 16

Men (not counting Eurylochus) in company sent to find source of smoke (Circe)
Coincidentally, also the number of men turned into pigs, by Circe