Odyssey review

Question 1

What is the Greek word for hospitality

Answer 1

Xenia

Question 2

The home state of Odysseus and his family/where Odysseus was king

Answer 2

Ithaca

Question 3

The wife of Odysseus and the mother of Telemachus

Answer 3

Penelope

Question 4

The son of Odysseus/who went on a journey to find his father

Answer 4

Telemachus

Question 5

Daughter of Zeus and the goddess of wisdom

Answer 5

Athena

Question 6

The loyal swine herd who helps Odysseus reclaim his throne

Answer 6

Fumaes

Question 7

The most arrogant of Penelope’s suitors/lead a campaign to have Telemachus killed

Answer 7

Antinous

Question 8

King of gods and men/sometimes he helped Odysseus or permitted his daughter Athena to help him

Answer 8

Zeus

Question 9

God of the sea/ the Devine antagonist to Odysseus/ created many problems for Odysseus on his journey

Answer 9

Poseidon

Question 10

The beautiful nymph who fell in love with Odysseus, and she held him prisoner for 7 years

Answer 10

Calypso

Question 11

The beautiful witch-goddess who transformed Odysseus’s crew into swine

Answer 11

Circe

Question 12

Messenger of the gods/guides deceased souls to the land of the dead

Answer 12

Hermes

Question 13

The son of Poseidon (a cyclops) who imprisoned Odysseus and his crew and tried to eat them/ Odysseus blinded him and managed to escape.

Answer 13

Polyphemus

Question 14

Blind prophet who warns Odysseus of impending danger, offers advice to him

Answer 14

Tiresias

Question 15

Dangerous creatures who lured sailors to destruction by using their enchanting music and singing voice

Answer 15

Sirens

Question 16

The protagonist of the epic who tried for 20 years to get home from the Trojan war

Answer 16

Odysseus

Question 17

Daughters of Zeus who wee the sources of inspiration for all the arts an knowledge

Answer 17

Muses

Question 18

The youngest man in Odysseus’s crew/ after he was green from being a pig, he got drunk and fell off a roof and broke his neck. In the underworld, his spirit begged Odysseus to give him a proper burial.

Answer 18

Elpenor

Question 19

Sailors who helped Odysseus return to Ithaca

Answer 19

The Phaeacians

Question 20

The elderly father of Odysseus/penelope pretended to be making a shroud for his burial in order to trick the suitors into waiting for marriage

Answer 20

Laertes

Question 21

Odysseus’s old faithful dog

Answer 21

Argos

Question 22

Why did Odysseus delay his journey and return to circes island

Answer 22

To fulfill his responsibilities

Question 23

Why was Penelope being so pressured to remarry?

Answer 23

So he can inherit his fathers land

Question 24

Why did Telemachus go on a journey. What does this reveal about his character

Answer 24

To find his dad. This reveals that he is a caring son

Question 25

Who did Odysseus and his men escape the cyclops after putting out his eys? What does this reveal about Odysseus and his tactics

Answer 25

They held onto the bellies of his sheep. He had a gift for tactics and trickery

Question 26

What is the difference between Athena and Poseidon and their relationships with Odysseus

Answer 26

Athena helped Odysseus on his journey. Poseidon held a grudge against Odysseus

Question 27

Who authored odyssey

Answer 27

Homer

Question 28

Who was Odysseus

Answer 28

A hero who fought in the Trojan war

Question 29

Who were the lotus- eaters

Answer 29

Mysterious people who lived on a small island

Question 30

Who were the sirens

Answer 30

Creatures whos songs have lure in them to lead people to their death

Question 31

Describe the cyclops

Answer 31

Giants with one eye in the middle of the forehead

Question 32

How did Odysseus and his men escape from Polyphemus

Answer 32

By clinging to the bellies of the monster's sheep as they go out to graze.

Question 33

Why did the Poseidon care so much about Polyphemus

Answer 33

Polyphemus is the son of Poseidon

Question 34

Identify the name of and describe the dangerous whirlpool that Odysseus and his men tried to avoid

Answer 34

Name: Charybdis . Dangerous: arels flew out the hands, a monster showed up called Scylla

Question 35

Identify the name of and describe the monstrous creature on the cliffs that had to be avoided

Answer 35

Scylla six heads, long necks, shark like teeth

Question 36

Why was it so bad for the sailors to kill and eat the cattle on the ship

Answer 36

If they harm the cattle, his ship would be destroyed and his men will perish

Question 37

Name so. Ways that Athena helped Odysseus throughout his journey

Answer 37

Helped conceal and reveal his identity

Question 38

How did Telemachus react when he discovered that the beggar man was his father in disguise

Answer 38

They hugged and cried happy tears, Telemachus acted like he knew his father his whole life.

Question 39

How did Telemachus help his father prepare for the fight against the suitors

Answer 39

He hid their stuff

Question 40

What trick did Penelope play to keep the suitors waiting

Answer 40

Weaving a shroud

Question 41

How did Penelope test and prove Odysseus to be her true husband

Answer 41

She tested him about the bed. To see if he knew about the bed because Odysseus made the bed out of and olive tree