The Odyssey Characters

Question 1

Telemachus

Answer 1

Odysseus’s son

Question 2

Penelope

Answer 2

Odysseus’s Wife

Question 3

Odysseus

Answer 3

The main character

Question 4

Calypso

Answer 4

The seductive woman with an island

Question 5

Poseidon

Answer 5

God of the Sea and enemy of Odysseus

Question 6

Achilles

Answer 6

Hero that fought in the trojan war and died in the last year

Question 7

Polyphemus

Answer 7

One of the Cyclopes (uncivilized one-eyed giants) whose island Odysseus comes too soon after leaving Troy

Question 8

Nohbdy

Answer 8

Odysseus

Question 9

Alcinous

Answer 9

King of the Phaeacians, who offers Odysseus hospitality in his island kingdom of Scheria

Question 10

Scylla

Answer 10

The monster with six heads

Question 11

Circe

Answer 11

Beautiful god that turns Odysseus’s men to pigs so that they can’t escape

Question 12

Aeolus

Answer 12

God of the winds

Question 13

Hermes

Answer 13

Messenger of the Gods

Question 14

Charybdis

Answer 14

Monster in the form of a giant whirlpool

Question 15

Helios

Answer 15

God of the son

Question 16

Zeus

Answer 16

Father of all gods and goddesses; god of the heavens

Question 17

Homer

Answer 17

The author who is very famous for writing the epic poems The Odyssey and The Lliad and was thought to be blind

Question 18

Athena

Answer 18

Daughter of Zeus; goddess of wisdom; helps both Telemachus and Odysseus

Question 19

Teiresias

Answer 19

Theban Prophet from the Underworld

Question 20

Epic Poem

Answer 20

A long poem with a strong Character

Question 21

Trojan War

Answer 21

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Question 22

Hospitality

Answer 22

Main theme in the story with people because they will be punished by the gods if they do not give their guest respect

Question 23

Why is Poseidon angry at Odysseus?

Answer 23

Odysseys stabbed Poseidon’s son in the eye who was the Cyclops

Question 24

What happened at Athaea?

Answer 24

Odysseus men were at Circes island and went to eat dinner with her excpt for Odysseus and she poisins them and it turns them into pigs

Question 25

What happened at Thrinakia?

Answer 25

Odysseus and his men went the the island of the sun god and told his men not to eat the cattle there. He went to sleep and his men ate the cattle. Then Zeus splits the ships with a lighting bolt and everyone on their ships die execpt Odysseus

Question 26

What happened at Ismaros?

Answer 26

Odysseus men dont listen to him and eat the loctus flowers and then have to be dragged back onto the ship.

Question 27

What happened at Phaeacia?

Answer 27

Telling the king the story

Question 28

How does Odysseus he protect from the siriens?

Answer 28

He cuts up pieces of beeswax to put in all of his mens ears

Question 29

Where does hospitaly show up in the story?

Answer 29

When Odysseus travels to Alcinous and Arete he is treated very kid because if they didn’t the gods would punish the people.

Question 30

What is a negative character trait and what is the effect of it?

Answer 30

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Question 31

What happened at the underworld?

Answer 31

The blind prophet ges to theunderwold and scarficased a lamb. He tells Odyssus to kill suitors.