The Odyssey

Question 1

Telemachus

Answer 1

• He is Odysseus/Penelope’s son

- He is close/guided by Athena; Athena’s champion

Question 2

Athena/Pallas

Answer 2

• A guide to Telemachus; helps him boot suitors
• Goddess of wisdom; likes Odysseus
• Disguises herself as Mentor for Telemachus

Question 3

Trojan War

Answer 3

BEFORE
God of Discord rolls an apple that’s carved “For the most beautiful woman”; Athena, Aphrodite and Aegisthus all choose it so they went to Paris; he chooses Aphrodite bc she promised to make Helen his wife even though she’s married to Menelaus.

NOW
A war broke out because Helen was stolen and Menelaus wants her back.

Question 4

Hermes

Answer 4

• God of Speed = boots w/wings and a health serpent

- Able to send people into sleep

Question 5

Judgement of Paris

Answer 5

• Before the Trojan War
• chose Aphrodite because she promised to make Helen his wife after three goddesses came to him (he was thinking with something else)

Question 6

Nestor

Answer 6

• Lord of Horses
• Ruled for generations; known as clever
• One of the warriors in the Trojan War

Question 7

Poseidon

Answer 7

• God of the Sea; enraged, selfish, etc.
• One of Zeus’ brothers who wants to destroy Odysseus
• Uncontrollable about himself; he despises Odysseus if not hates him because he washed him back in the sea.
• He is considered bitter towards him.

Question 8

Agamemnon

Answer 8

• Menelaus’ brother
• He was killed by his wife and Aegisthus upon return from the Trojan War.
• He is the brother of Menelaus.

Question 9

Aegisthus

Answer 9

• Agamemnon’s cousin

Question 10

Menelaus

Answer 10

• Brother of Agamemnon
• Husband of Helen
• Leader (of Greeks) in the Trojan War
• He offers Telemachus help to find Odysseus.

Question 11

Penelope

Answer 11

• Mother of Telemachus
• Clever; weaves a rug for suitors to wait before she stops weaving the fabric when they sleep.
• Wife of Odysseus

Question 12

Suitors

Answer 12

• A group of men who wrecked Telemachus’ house
• They want to marry Penelope because Odysseus has not returned home to protect her.
• Threatened to murder Telemachus

Question 13

Mentor

Answer 13

• An old friend of Odysseus

Question 14

Zeus

Answer 14

• God of Gods; God of Lightning

- He either supports Odysseus or assists Athena to give him the same advice/help/effort.

Question 15

Odysseus

Answer 15

• He is a participant of the Trojan War.
• Without him, the story about the Odyssey would’ve never existed.
• Husband of Penelope
• Father of Telemachus
• Is under suffering by Poseidon

Question 16

Helen

Answer 16

• Wife of Menelaus
• She is considered the cause of the Trojan War but not blamed by Menelaus.
• She got abducted by Paris because Aphrodite promised to make her his wife even though she is already married.
• The most beautiful goddess

Question 17

Aphrodite

Answer 17

• A goddess only mentioned a few times in the Odyssey
• Could possibly be responsible for the Trojan War’s arise
• Goddess of Love

Question 18

Orestes

Answer 18

• Agamemnon/Clytemnestra’s son

- His father died = kills Agamemnon AND Clytem.

Question 19

Achilles

Answer 19

• Hero of the Trojan War

- Mostly known for murdering Hector