Odyssey Quest 1-13

Question 0

Which archetype is Telemachas?

Answer 0

Initiate

Question 1

Who is the villain in Telemachas’ hero’s quest?

Answer 1

Sutors?

Question 2

Why is Penelope a fitting wife for Odysseus?

Answer 2

?

Question 3

Who serves as Telemachas’ mentor?

Answer 3

Athena?

Question 4

What archetype is Eurycleia?

Answer 4

Temptress?

Question 5

What cultural value are the suitors violating in Books 1-2?

Answer 5

Xenia

Question 6

What sign does Zeus send while everyone is at the assembly?

Answer 6

An eagle flys by?

Question 7

Which two ancient Greek cultural values show up the most frequently in Books 1-2?

Answer 7

Xenia and Hubris?

Question 8

When Penelope is described as being good at weaving, what cultural value is she exhibiting?

Answer 8

Human and Divine?

Question 9

Where is Telemachas going at the end of Book 2?

Answer 9

Phylos and Sparta

Question 10

Odysseus left Penelope bound for what city?

Answer 10

Troy

Question 11

In about what year was the Odyssey composed?

Answer 11

700 B.C.E.

Question 12

What does Tiresias warn Odysseus not to harm on his voyage?

Answer 12

The Cattle of the Sun

Question 13

How old is Telemachus at the start of the epic?

Answer 13

Early twenties

Question 14

Who begs Odysseus to bury him?

Answer 14

Elpenor

Question 15

Who first finds Odysseus on the island of Scheria?

Answer 15

Nausicaa

Question 16

Who becomes Telemachus’ best friend in book 3?

Answer 16

Mentor?

Question 17

Who is the “red-haired king”?

Answer 17

Menelaus

Question 18

How does Helen explain her decision to run away with Paris?

Answer 18

Helen, after upbraiding Paris for his cowardice, lies down in bed with him?

Question 19

How did Menelaus discover what had happened to the Greeks on their way back from Troy?

Answer 19

?

Question 20

What is one of the lessons Telemachus is learning on his journey?

Answer 20

Xenia, revenge?, coming of age

Question 21

What is the big cliffhanger at the end of book 4?

Answer 21

Penelope learns Telemachus has left

Question 22

In Book 5, what archetype does Calypso fit?

Answer 22

Enchantress

Question 23

Who is the daughter of “generous King Alcinous”?

Answer 23

Nausicaa

Question 24

Why would Odysseus worry about whether the Phaeacians are “god-fearing men?”

Answer 24

If they feared the gods they would follow the rules of Xenia

Question 25

Who tells Odysseus “[Zeus] gave you pain, it seems. You simply have to bear it.”?

Answer 25

Nausicaa

Question 26

What is the epithet most often used for Nausicaa?

Answer 26

White-armed

Question 27

Why does Athena not dare to appear to Odysseus without a disguise?

Answer 27

?

Question 28

What do Phaeacian men excel at?

Answer 28

Ships?

Question 29

How does Odysseus describe Calypso when telling his story to King Alcinous and Queen Arete?

Answer 29

?

Question 30

How many years did Odysseus spend on Calypso’s island?

Answer 30

7?

Question 31

How many days did Odysseus sail on his raft before reaching Phaeacia?

Answer 31

?

Question 32

What does King Alcinous decide regarding Odysseus’ plea for help?

Answer 32

Xenia? Help him back to his homeland?

Question 33

In Demodocus’ story in Book 8, what does Hephaestus catch Ares and Aphrodite in?

Answer 33

???

Question 34

King Alcinous mentions a prophesy at the end of Book 8. What is it?

Answer 34

Because the Phaishans have helped a stranger serving as good hosts, Poseidon will punish them by walling up there city and isolating them from the outside world.

Question 35

What cultural value does Polyphemus violate in Book 9?

Answer 35

?