odyssey

Question 1

who was odysseus’ son?

Answer 1

telemachus

Question 2

who was the cyclops?

Answer 2

polyphemus

Question 3

who is nausicaa?

Answer 3

she is the princess of the phaeacians

Question 4

who is peneplope

Answer 4

odysseus’ wife

Question 5

who is calypso?

Answer 5

a godess who holds odysseus prisoner on her island

Question 6

who is alcinous?

Answer 6

the king of the phaeacians

Question 7

who is circe?

Answer 7

a witch godess

Question 8

where is odysseus stuck in the beggining of book 1?

Answer 8

calypso island

Question 9

what is Ithica?

Answer 9

it is odysseus’ home

Question 10

which group of people cause problems for telemachus in Ithica in books 1 and 2?

Answer 10

A group of unruly suitors , who were competing for penelope’s hand in marrige

Question 11

In order to put off choosing a suitor, what did penelope do?

Answer 11

the started to make a funeral shrowd for her father, but would unpick it every night.

Question 12

who does telemachus meet in book 3? why does he go to this person?

Answer 12

nestor, king of the city, to enquire about odysseus?

Question 13

who does telemachus meet in book 4 and why?

Answer 13

menelaus to honor the hospitality he recieved during his travels

Question 14

what are the suitors plotting in book 4?

Answer 14

to murder telemachus

Question 15

why does calypso let odysseus go in book 5?

Answer 15

because hermes tells her to set him free

Question 16

which god shipwrecks odysseus in book 5?

Answer 16

posideon

Question 17

where does odysseus land at the end of book 5?

Answer 17

the land of the phaeacians

Question 18

what does odysseus agree to tell the royal family of the land at the end of book 8?

Answer 18

his identity and his history

Question 19

why does odysseus tell the phaeacians, and how does he describe himself?

Answer 19

he tells them his name for glory, he describes himself as a hero

Question 20

what 2 things does odyseeus say a man holds dearest?

Answer 20

his country
his parents

Question 21

what do odysseus and his crew do to the buildings, the men, the women, and the property of the cicones?

Answer 21

they sacked and destroyed the buildings, they kidnapped the women, stole the riches, they drank and they butchered the sheep

Question 22

how do odysseus and his crew escape zeus’ storm?

Answer 22

they lowered their sails and rode their ships to shore

Question 23

what does odysseus do once they landed on the island of the lotus eaters?

Answer 23

he sent some of his men in land to find out what kind of people might be there

Question 24

what do the lotus eaters do to odysseus’ crew?

Answer 24

they force them to eat the lotus’ which makes them loose any will to go back and bring news