The Odyssey

Question 1

Telemachus

Answer 1

• The son of odysseus
• son of penelope
• 15-17 yr old
• Guide by athena and her champion

Question 2

Odysseus

Answer 2

• was in the trojan war ( away for 20 years)
• held prisoner at sea by poseidon
• favored by athena
• father of telemachus

Question 3

Zeus

Answer 3

• Olympian
• God of Gods
• God of lighting, cloud and sky
• father of Athena

Question 4

Poseidon

Answer 4

• God of the sea

- Brother of zeus

Question 5

Athena

Answer 5

• Goddess of of wisdom and war
• Zeus daughter
• Favors odysseus
• help telemachus with his journey

Question 6

Hermes

Answer 6

• God of message
• Associated with health and sport
• fastest god
• deal with sending message to gods
• zeus son

Question 7

Penelope

Answer 7

• mother of telemachus
• wife of odysseus
• person the suitor are there for
• clever and loyal

Question 8

Menelaus

Answer 8

• king of sparta
• started trojan war over wife
• wife if helen

Question 9

Helen

Answer 9

• married to menelaus

- reason for the trojan war

Question 10

The jugdment of Paris

Answer 10

• eris had a golden apple for most beautiful goddess
• had to choose which goddess out of Athena, Hera , and Aphrodite
• each goddess gave him a gift to push his decision
• Aphrodite promised him the most beautiful women which was helen of sparta .
• leds to the trojan war

Question 11

Trojan war

Answer 11

• started because of the judgement of paris

- Led to the Odyssey

Question 12

Suitors

Answer 12

• living in Odysseus , Penelope, Telemachus home
• Trying to court Penelope
• Using up all the money and eating all the food
• planning to kill off telemachus

Question 13

Orestes

Answer 13

• Father is agamemnon

- killed aegisthus for killing his father

Question 14

Nestor

Answer 14

• The lord of horse
• wise person
• son of neleus

Question 15

Mentor

Answer 15

• A father figure for Telemachus

- his tutor

Question 16

Aphrodite

Answer 16

• Goddess of love and beauty
• married to Hephaestus
• daughter of zeus

Question 17

Agamemnon

Answer 17

• killed by cousin aegisthus and wife
• Orestes father
• fought along side of odyessus

Question 18

Aegisthus

Answer 18

• killed his cousin Agamemnon

- cheated with cousin wife

Question 19

Achillies

Answer 19

• Strong and most powerful of the greek to troy

- patroclus is best friend and lover

Question 20

Ares

Answer 20

-god of war

Question 21

Artemis

Answer 21

• Goddess of the hunt the moon and chasity

- twin to apollo

Question 22

Apollo

Answer 22

• god of the sun music prophecy and healing

- twin to artemis

Question 23

Calypso

Answer 23

• nymphs greek

- keep odysseus in her home for years

Question 24

Circe

Answer 24

• ocean nymph
• lotus eater
• brought odysseus to her island with his champions and turns animal
• use drugs to turn men into animals

Question 25

Hera

Answer 25

• the queen of gods
• wife and sister to zeus
• goddess of marriage and birth
• known to be vengeful and jealous

Question 26

Demodocus

Answer 26

• poet

- in the court of alcinous and the phaeacians

Question 27

Alcinous

Answer 27

• king of phaeacians

- gave care to odysseus

Question 28

Hephaestus

Answer 28

• god of of fire, metalworking, stone masonry, forges
• married to aphrodite
• blacksmith to the gods

Question 29

Nausicaa

Answer 29

• Nausicaa is a princess of the Phaeacians

- daughter of king alcinous and Arete

Question 30

Phaeacians

Answer 30

• people that inhabit scheria

- gave shelter to odysseus after long travel

Question 31

Polyphemus

Answer 31

• giant son of Poseidon
• one of the Cyclopes
• . He devours two of Odysseus’s men on the spot and imprisons Odysseus and the rest in his cave for future meals.
• was stabbed in the eye by odysseus and his men