Odysseus- Land of the dead + Part II notes

Question 1

Who is Tiresias?

Answer 1

Tiresias is a blind prophet

Question 2

What unexpected spirit does Odysseus see?

Answer 2

His mother- she commited suicide

Question 3

What warning does Tiresias give him?

Answer 3

Don’t eat Helios’ cattle

Question 4

How do the sirens lure men to their death?

Answer 4

Singing

Question 5

What does Circe instruct Odysseus to do?

Answer 5

Circe says to only have him listen to the song and tie him to the ship

Question 6

What must his men do to get past the Sirens?

Answer 6

Beeswax in their ears

Question 7

What two sea monsters does Odysseus have to choose between facing?

Answer 7

Schylia and charybdis

Question 8

What hard choice does he have to make?

Answer 8

Letting six of his men die

Question 9

Which monster is the whirlpool?

Answer 9

Charybdis

Question 10

Which monster is the six-headed monster?

Answer 10

Schylia

Question 11

What warning does Odysseus give his men about Helios?

Answer 11

Don’t eat the cattle

Question 12

WHy do his men disobey him?

Answer 12

They thought death by starvation would be pitiful

Question 13

How does Odysseus not know what his men are doing?

Answer 13

He’s sleeping

Question 14

What does Zeus do as a punishment?

Answer 14

Destroys their ship

Question 15

What is the name of Odysseus’ son?

Answer 15

Telemachus

Question 16

Who disguises Odysseus as an old man?

Answer 16

Athena

Question 17

How long has he been gone?

Answer 17

20 years

Question 18

What does Odysseus plan with Telemachus?

Answer 18

Kill the enemies

Question 19

Around how many suitors are trying to marry Penelope?

Answer 19

120 men

Question 20

What is the first thing Telemachus is supposed to do when his father gives him the cue?

Answer 20

Hide the weapons except for their two

Question 21

What does he instruct Telemachus to set aside?

Answer 21

set aside swords, shields, and spears

Question 22

What is the last thing he tells Telemachus to find?

Answer 22

Find loyal men

Question 23

What is Odysseus’ wife named?

Answer 23

Penelope

Question 24

In “the Challenge,” what two things must the suitors be able to do to win Penelope’s hand in marriage?

Answer 24

String Odysseus bow and shoot an arrow through axe heads

Question 25

Why do the suitors not recognize Odysseus?

Answer 25

He is disguised as a beggar