The Odyssey

Question 1

Troy

Answer 1

City in Asia Minor; beaten by the Greeks in the Iliad

Question 2

Ithaca

Answer 2

Greek island; Odysseus’ home

Question 3

Phaeacia

Answer 3

Island of seamen; ruled by Alcinous; Nausicaa entertained Odysseus

Question 4

Hermes

Answer 4

Son of Zeus; Messenger god

Question 5

Athena

Answer 5

Goddess of wisdom; aids Odysseus and Telemachus

Question 6

Zeus

Answer 6

Leader of Olympian gods; god of sky and thunder

Question 7

Calypso

Answer 7

Nymph who detached Odysseus on Ogydia for years

Question 8

Helios

Answer 8

Personification of the sun; sun god

Question 9

Poseidon

Answer 9

god of the sea; Odysseus’ antagonist

Question 10

Antinous

Answer 10

One of Penelope’s suitors

Question 11

Nausicaa

Answer 11

Daughter of Alcinous; helps Odysseus

Question 12

Cyclopes

Answer 12

Race of one eyed giants

Question 13

Odysseus

Answer 13

Greek hero; protagonist on journey home

Question 14

Menelaus

Answer 14

King of Sparta, husband of Helen; helps Telemachus

Question 15

Helen

Answer 15

Daughter of Zeus, wife of Menelaus; abduction by Paris of Troy started Trojan war

Question 16

Paris

Answer 16

King of Troy; Abducts Helen and kills Achilles; dies

Question 17

Lotus Eaters

Answer 17

Race of people that eat narcotic lotus plants

Question 18

Penelope

Answer 18

Odysseus’ wife, Telemachus’ mother

Question 19

Anthropomorphic

Answer 19

Nonhuman beings or things having human characteristics

Question 20

Monotheistic

Answer 20

Belief in one god

Question 21

Polytheistic

Answer 21

Belief in multiple gods

Question 22

Polymephus

Answer 22

Son of Poseidon; Cyclops; killed by Odysseus

Question 23

Aeolus

Answer 23

god of the wind

Question 24

Laestrygonians

Answer 24

Giants who ate some of Odysseus’ men

Question 25

Circe

Answer 25

Goddess who turned some of Odysseus' men into pigs. Ends up helping Odysseus and lets him and his men stay with her for a year

Question 26

Hades and Persephone

Answer 26

god and goddess of the underworld

Question 27

Odysseus' men put ______ in their ears to avoid hearing the sirens

Answer 27

Wax

Question 28

The sun god who has sacred cattle

Answer 28

Helios

Question 29

Odysseus' old and trusty swineherd in Ithaca

Answer 29

Eumaeus

Question 30

The giant whirlpool beast that destroys ships

Answer 30

Charybdis

Question 31

How long do Odysseus and his men remain on Circe's island

Answer 31

One year

Question 32

Odysseus meets his ________ in the underworld

Answer 32

Mother

Question 33

A group of cannibals who eat many of Odysseus's men

Answer 33

Laestrygonians

Question 34

What is Odysseus' dog's name?

Answer 34

Argos

Question 35

He must roll a rock up a hill for eternity

Answer 35

Sisyphus

Question 36

The singing beasts that lure sailors to their death

Answer 36

Sirens

Question 37

Circe turns Odysseus' men into _______

Answer 37

Pigs

Question 38

Circe's house is guarded by _____ and ______

Answer 38

Lions; Wolves

Question 39

Who recognizes Odysseus because of his scar?

Answer 39

Eurycleia

Question 40

Athena advises Odysseus to come home dressed as a _________

Answer 40

Beggar

Question 41

The beast with multiple legs and heads that eats six of Odysseus's men

Answer 41

Scylla

Question 42

Odysseus encounters this man who gives him advice in the underworld

Answer 42

Tiresias

Question 43

He gave Odysseus a sack of wind

Answer 43

Aeolus

Question 44

Who delivers a substance to Odysseus that helps him ward off an evil spell

Answer 44

Hermes