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Odyssey Flashcards

Based on: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KwJKv4JuwUEAON9PfxSAnImALPWVVzpS5fp4NCoapWc/edit?usp=sharing

1
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Of what island is Odysseus king?

A

Ithaca

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Who is the queen of Ithaca and wife of Odysseus?

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Penelope

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Who is the son of Odysseus and Penelope?

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Telemachus

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4
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What did Odysseus do to feign madness to avoid conscription into the Trojan War?

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Sow field with salt

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5
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Who tricked Odysseus by putting his son Telemachus in front of his plow?

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Palamedes

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6
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Whom does Odysseus frame for bribery in an act of revenge for tricking him?

A

Palamedes

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7
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What fate does Palamedes earn at the hands of the Greeks after they discover his “briberies”?

A

Stoned to death

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8
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On Ismarus, the first island they stop at after the war, what tribe do Odysseus and his men kill?

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Cicones

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9
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On Ismarus, what priest of Apollo gives Odysseus a bottle of wine?

A

Maron

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10
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What mystical fruit inflicts its eater with a desire to stay on the island?

A

Lotus (fruit)

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11
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What monstrous Cyclops did Odysseus encounter on Sicily?

A

Polyphemus

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12
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On what island did Polyphemus live?

A

Sicily

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13
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What gift does Odysseus give to Polyphemus in an attempt to save his men?

A

Maron’s wine

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14
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With what name does Odysseus introduce himself to Polyphemus?

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Nobody / Outis

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15
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Why did none of the other Cyclopes come to the aid of Polyphemus when he complained that he had been blinded?

A

He said “Nobody” hurt him

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16
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How did Odysseus and his men escape the cave of Polyphemus?

A

They hugged the underbellies of sheep

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17
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When Odysseus foolishly admits his real name in his escape, to what god, his father, does Polyphemus pray ensuring Odysseus’s return home will not be easy?

A

Poseidon

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18
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What god of the winds gives Odysseus a bag containing all but one of the winds to help Odysseus return home?

A

Aeolus

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19
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Which wind was the only one not included in the bag of winds Aeolus gave to Odysseus?

A

Zephyrus (The west wind)

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20
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What race of cannibalistic giants lived in Telepylus?

A

Laestrygonians

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21
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Antiphates is king of what race of cannibalistic giants?

A

Laestrygonians

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22
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How many of Odysseus’s ships were left after they visited Telypylus, the land of the Laestrygonians?

A

1

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23
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What sorceress lived on Aeaea?

A

Circe

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24
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On what island did Circe live?

A

Aeaea

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25
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Into what type of animal did Circe transform Odysseus’s men?

A

Pigs

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26
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Which member of Odysseus’s crew led half of the crew to investigate Aeaea, only to return alone to Odysseus?

A

Eurylochus

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27
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What god gives a magical herb called moly to Odysseus so he could resist the magic of Circe?

A

Hermes

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28
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What magical herb does Hermes give to Odysseus so he can resist the magic of Circe?

A

Moly

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29
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What seer in the underworld does Circe instruct Odysseus to visit?

A

Tiresias

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30
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After she tells him to visit Tiresias in the underworld, what woman has a kid with Odysseus named Telegonus?

A

Circe

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31
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Who is the son of Odysseus and Circe?

A

Telegonus

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32
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For how long does Odysseus remain on the island of Aeaea with Circe?

A

1 year

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33
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What member of Odysseus’s crew, the youngest, falls off of Circe’s roof and dies?

A

Elpenor

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34
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To the land of what people does Odysseus go to visit the shades of the underworld?

A

Cimmerians

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35
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Who is the first shade Odysseus sees in the Underworld?

A

Elpenor

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36
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What shade in the Underworld asked Odysseus to return to Aeaea to give him a proper burial?

A

Elpenor

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37
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What shade, his mom, did Odysseus see in the Underworld?

38
Q

What specifically did Tiresias warn the Greeks not to do on the island of Thrinacia?

A

Eat the cattle of Helios (the cattle of the sun)

39
Q

What monstrous bird women lived on the island of Anthemoessa?

40
Q

On what island did the Sirens live?

A

Anthemoessa

41
Q

What would happen to any sailor who heard the alluring voice of the Sirens?

A

They were compelled to jump overboard and swim towards them (and be eaten)

42
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How did Odysseus ensure he could listen to the song of the Sirens and not die?

A

Ordered his men to tie him to the mast and put wax in their ears

43
Q

What two monsters lived on either side of the Strait of Messina?

A

Scylla and Charybdis

44
Q

What monster, who was once a beautiful woman, was transformed into a monster with 6 dog heads with which she ate 6 of Odysseus’s men?

45
Q

What monster, which Odysseus was advised to avoid in favor of Scylla, was a giant whirlpool?

46
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What member of Odysseus’s crew convinced the others to eat the cattle of Helios at Thrinacia?

A

Eurylochus

47
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What Titan threatened to shine the sun in the Underworld if Zeus did not punish Odysseus and his crew for eating his cattle?

48
Q

What nymph detained Odysseus on Ogygia for 7 years?

49
Q

On what island did Calypso detain Odysseus for 7 years?

50
Q

For how long was Odysseus detained on Ogygia?

51
Q

Which of the suitors of Penelope was the meanest of all?

52
Q

Which of the suitors of Penelope was the leader and most charismatic?

A

Eurymachus

53
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Which of the suitors of Penelope was the kindest and most sympathetic?

A

Amphinomus

54
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Penelope promised that she would choose a new husband when she finished what?

A

Weaving a funeral shroud for Laertes, her father-in-law

55
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In the guise of what family friend does Athena tell Telemachus that Odysseus is alive?

56
Q

What goddess disguises herself as Mentes to tell Telemachus that his father Odysseus is still alive?

57
Q

What Ithacan bard sings of the Trojan War, bringing Penelope to tears?

58
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What Ithacan seer sees two eagles fighting and prophesies that Odysseus will soon return and kill the suitors?

A

Halitherses

59
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What omen did Halitherses see and predict that Odysseus will soon return and kill the suitors?

A

Two eagles fighting

60
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Before Telemachus leaves Ithaca for Sparta, what goddess, disguised as Mentor, offers some last encouragement and mentorship?

61
Q

To what city did Telemachus first travel to seek information about his father from Nestor?

62
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What king of Pylos welcomed Telemachus to his palace and told him stories of Orestes and Agamemnon?

63
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What son did Nestor send with Telemachus to travel to Sparta?

A

Pisistratus

64
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What king of Sparta tells Telemachus that his father Odysseus is trapped on Ogygia?

65
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What Ithacan herald tells Penelope about the suitors’ plan to ambush and kill Telemachus upon his return to Ithaca?

66
Q

What goddess, disguised as Penelope’s sister Iphtime, reassures Penelope that Telemachus will return to Ithaca safely?

67
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Whom does Zeus send to Ogygia to convince Calypso to let Odysseus leave?

68
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What sea goddess gives Odysseus her magic veil which helps him float over to Scherie, the land of the Phaecians?

69
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While she was washing her clothes, what Phaecian princess spotted Odysseus sleeping in a bush?

70
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Who was the king of the Phaecians and father of Nausicaa?

71
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Who was the queen of the Phaecians and mother of Nausicaa?

72
Q

What blind Phaecian bard sang of the Trojan War, making Odysseus cry until he revealed his true identity?

73
Q

What punishment did Poseidon inflict on the Phaecians after they helped Odysseus return to Ithaca?

A

Turned the Phaecian ship to stone

74
Q

As what did Athena convince Odysseus to disguise to infiltrate his own palace?

A

An old beggar

75
Q

With what Ithacan swineherd, who always stayed loyal to Odysseus, did Odysseus first meet on his return to Ithaca?

76
Q

To whom does the disguised Odysseus first reveal his identity on Ithaca?

A

Telemachus

77
Q

What dog of Odysseus recognizes his owner through his disguise and dies out of happiness?

78
Q

Which of the suitors of Penelope threw a stool at the disguised Odysseus?

79
Q

What Ithacan beggar did Odysseus knock out with a single punch?

80
Q

What nurse of Odysseus recognized the scar left on his leg from a boar?

81
Q

How did Odysseus receive his trademark scar on his leg which Eurycleia was able to recognize?

82
Q

What Ithacan seer interprets the blood on the food and walls of the banquet hall as an omen that Odysseus will soon return?

A

Halitherses

83
Q

What challenge did Penelope set for the suitors, the winner of which shall become her husband and king of Ithaca?

A

String Odysseus’s bow and fire an arrow through 12 axe holes

84
Q

After stringing his bow, Odysseus first kills what suitor of Penelope?

85
Q

What goatherd of Odysseus did not stay loyal to his king and fought with the suitors against him?

A

Melanthius

86
Q

How did Penelope finally come to realize the true identity of Odysseus?

A

He told her the story of their bed (that it was constructed from the trunk of an olive tree around which the whole palace was built)

87
Q

While he originally pretended to be a friend of Odysseus, Odysseus gave up the act and admitted his identity to what man, his father?

88
Q

Laertes, the father of Odysseus, kills what man, the father of Antinous?

89
Q

What goddess stops the battle with the fathers of the suitors?

90
Q

Who ultimately kills Odysseus?

91
Q

Whom does Telgonus marry after Odysseus’s death?

92
Q

Whom does Telemachus marry after Odysseus’s death?

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