The Odyssey

Question 1

Poseidon

Answer 1

-God of Sea
-earthquakes
-Horses
Although he was officially one of the supreme gods of Mount Olympus, he spent most of his time in his watery domain.

Question 2

Zeus

Answer 2

• Often referred to as the “Father of Gods and men”, he is a sky god who controls lightning and thunder
• Zeus is king of Mount Olympus, the home of Greek gods,

Question 3

Aphrodite

Question 4

Athena

Answer 4

• also referred to as Athene, is a very important goddess of many things
• She is goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, strategic warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, and skill.

Question 5

Telemachus

Answer 5

• He visits Eumaeus, the swineherd, who happens to be hosting a disguised Odysseus.
• After Odysseus reveals himself to Telemachus due to Athena’s advice, the two men plan the downfall of the suitors.

Question 6

Odysseus

Answer 6

• Odysseus also known by the Latin variant Ulysses, is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer’s epic poem the Odyssey
• Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer’s Iliad and other works in that same epic cycle

Question 7

Menelaus

Answer 7

-Menelaus was a king of Mycenaean Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, and the son of Atreus and Aerope.

Question 8

Aegisthus

Answer 8

• Aegisthus was the lover of Clytemnestra, and son of Thyestes and Pelopia. Thyestes, having a long – time rivalry with his brother and king of Mycenae
• Atreus, was advised by an oracle to have a son with his own daughter, Pelopia, who would then kill his brother. Thus, Aegisthus was born.

Question 9

Agamemnon

Answer 9

-Agamemnon was the son of King Atreus and Queen Aerope of Mycenae, the brother of Menelaus, the husband of Clytemnestra and the father of Iphigenia, Electra or Laodike, Orestes and Chrysothemis

Question 10

Helen

Answer 10

-Helen of Troy, also known as Helen of Sparta, or simply Helen, was said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world, who was married to King Menelaus of Sparta, but was abducted

Question 11

Hermes

Answer 11

• Hermes was considered the messenger of the Olympic gods according to legend, he was the son of Zeus, king of Mount Olympus, and Maia, a nymph
• As time went on, he was also associated with luck, shepherds, athletes, thieves, and merchants.

Question 12

Judgment of Paris

Answer 12

The Judgement of Paris is a story from Greek mythology, which was one of the events that led up to the Trojan War and to the foundation of Rome.

Question 13

Mentor

Answer 13

• Mentor was the son of Heracles and Asopis. In his old age Mentor was a friend of Odysseus, who had placed
• Mentor and Odysseus’ foster-brother Eumaeus in charge of his son Telemachus, and of Odysseus’ palace, when Odysseus left for the Trojan War

Question 14

Nestor

Answer 14

-Nestor of Gerenia was the wise King of Pylos described in Homer’s Odyssey. Excavations from 1939 revealed his palace and excavations have recently resumed at the site

Question 15

Orestes

Answer 15

-Orestes was the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. He is the subject of several Ancient Greek plays and of various myths connected with his madness and purification, which retain obscure threads of much older ones

Question 16

Penelope

Answer 16

-a daughter of Icarius of Sparta and the nymph Periboea and wife of the hero Odysseus. They had one son, Telemachus.

Question 17

Suitors

Answer 17

-The SUITORS were killed either by Odysseus or by someone in his team, that is, Eumaeus 1, Philoetius or Telemachus. Eumaeus 1 was Odysseus’ servant and swineherd. He was son of Ctesius 1, son of Ormenus 5. When Telemachus ruled Ithaca he bestowed freedom upon Eumaeus 1.

Question 18

Trojan War

Answer 18

-The Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta