The Odyssey

Question 1

Odysseus’s men were fools who stayed at Cicones to celebrate their victory. Because of this they lost this many men per ship.

Answer 1

6 Benches

Question 2

A Greek mother might repeat the story of Odysseus’s rebellious men in order to teach her children to be this.

Answer 2

Be Obedient

Question 3

The Lotus Eaters adventure is the first time we get to witness this from Odysseus.

Answer 3

Physical Strength

Question 4

This is forgotten twice in part one: once at the Lotus Eaters and again at Calypso’s island.

Answer 4

Home

Question 5

Odysseus’s clever mind formulated a plan to use several of these to get his men safely out of the Cyclops’s cave.

Answer 5

Rams

Question 6

Odysseus pretends to give this as a gift to the Cyclops, but it’s actually a tricky part of his master escape plan.

Answer 6

Wine of the Gods

Question 7

This is the trick word Odysseus uses to keep the Cyclops from cursing him by name. It would have worked if his Hubris hadn’t gotten in the way!

Answer 7

Nohbdy

Question 8

We don’t necessarily see Odysseus’s physical strength in the Cyclops cave, but we do see this: a skill appreciated by Athena since she is so good at this as well.

Answer 8

Strategy

Question 9

When Odysseus gets the bag of wind, he could have made it home if he had been honest and told the men what was in the bag. But THIS got in the way: he thought he was the only one who deserved to know.

Answer 9

Ego

Question 10

We don’t know much about the Cannibals. The only thing we really learned was that Odysseus lost many of these there.

Answer 10

Men

Question 11

At Circe’s island we see that Odysseus feels this towards his men. He agrees to stay with Circe only because it is the only way to save his men.

Answer 11

Loyalty

Question 12

This is how long our hero is “forced” to stay with Circe.

Answer 12

1 year

Question 13

Odysseus has to travel to the underworld if he ever wants to get home. While there, he has to find Tiresias and get THIS from him.

Answer 13

Prophecy

Question 14

Before he sees the blind Prophet, Odysseus sees one of his former soldiers who asks him for a favor. What does Elpenor want?

Answer 14

Buried

Question 15

This is what Odysseus uses to prevent his men from falling victim to the Sirens.

Answer 15

Beeswax

Question 16

This multi-headed sea monster kills 6 of Odysseus’s best men in the narrow straight.

Answer 16

Scylla

Question 17

A Whirlpool that drinks in the sea each morning and vomits it back up each evening.

Answer 17

Charybdis

Question 18

At the island of Lord Helios, the men tried so hard to restrain themselves. They ate the stored food and then fished for food. However, it was a hard thing to do because they were stuck on the island this long while storms raged offshore.

Answer 18

One month

Question 19

This is what Odysseus hung from over the dire gorge Charybdis…a stunning show of physical strength.

Answer 19

Olive tree

Question 20

Odysseus is kept in a “prison of memory” by Calypso, for this long.

Answer 20

Seven years

Question 21

Calypso uses one of these to trap Odysseus on her island.

Answer 21

Spell

Question 22

Calypso offers to make Odysseus this if he will choose to stay with her rather than head home to Ithaca.

Answer 22

Immortal

Question 23

Everyone wants to hear what the Sirens would sing to them. Odysseus, of course, thinks he is entitled to hear the song. In no big surprise, the Sirens sing a song about how Odysseus is this.

Answer 23

Great warrior

Question 24

This is how Ody passed by the Sirens, ensuring he could listen to the song , but would not steer the ship towards disaster.

Answer 24

Tied to the mast

Question 25

This sorceress makes a deal with Odysseus to save the lives of his men. He stays here for 1 year and before he leaves she tells him all the hacks to the tasks he must complete and the places he must go.

Answer 25

Circe

Question 26

A vengeful god who is furious with Odysseus’s men and asks Zeus to make them pay…or else!

Answer 26

Helios

Question 27

In charge of the wind. He tries to help Ody, but later changes his mind, deciding that Ody is cursed by gods more powerful than himself.

Answer 27

Aeolus

Question 28

This messenger of the gods often delivers bad news, but he also loves a good prank.

Answer 28

Hermes

Question 29

This “dangerous” nymph becomes, in essence, Ody’s jailer.

Answer 29

Calypso

Question 30

This “dangerous” nymph becomes, in essence, Ody’s jailer.

Answer 30

Calypso

Question 31

The son of Odysseus and Penelope. We haven’t seen much of him, but we will in part 2.

Answer 31

Telemachus

Question 32

This ever faithful woman is who Ody so desperately wants to return to before his death.

Answer 32

Penelope

Question 33

This ever faithful woman is who Ody so desperately wants to return to before his death.

Answer 33

Penelope

Question 34

Ody would surely call him a bully, but this god would argue that he was the one wronged by Ody - 2 times! and is only dishing out the trouble Ody earned with his own choices.

Answer 34

Poseiden

Question 35

Son of Poseidon injured by Odysseus. His prayer to his father messes Ody up worse than he was before.

Answer 35

Polyphemus

Question 36

This mortal king hears the adventures of Odysseus and will become critical to Ody’s ability to make it home to Ithaca.

Answer 36

Alcinous

Question 37

Odysseus’s mother who he sees in the Underworld. Ody learns that she dies of grief longing for her son to return home.

Answer 37

Anticlea

Question 38

This blind prophet is key to Ody’s return. His prophecy gives Ody the “road map” for the trip home.

Answer 38

Tiresias

Question 39

This blind prophet is key to Ody’s return. His prophecy gives Ody the “road map” for the trip home.

Answer 39

Tiresias

Question 40

This is a prayer for help. Homer asks the gods of creativity for help to tell the story well.

Answer 40

Invocation

Question 41

This means “in the middle.” Ody is in year 19 or 20 when we meet him as he tells the Phaeacians the story of the last 20 years away from home.

Answer 41

In Medias Res

Question 42

The trait of excessive ego and pride is almost the downfall of Ody many times. I guess that’s why it is his tragic flaw.

Answer 42

Hubris

Question 43

The Greek custom or hospitality. Without this, Ody could not have travelled as freely to the places he did, depending on the fact that he would be welcomed and treated well. It worked ALMOST everywhere (Cyclopses don’t care about it).

Answer 43

Xenia