Odysseus & His Family
How many years total was Odysseus gone?
20 years.
Who is the sea nymph that traps Odysseus?
Calypso.
Which goddess is continually helping Odysseus?
Athena.
What are the sirens?
Singing ladybirds (harpies) that entice the sailors to crash the ship.
What is Charybdis?
A deathly whirpool.
Where does Odysseus live?
Ithaca.
Who orders the sea nymph to release Odysseus? (list the 2 gods and 1 goddess that help)
Who is the father of the cyclops?
Poseidon.
What is Odysseus's dog's name?
What is Scylla?
Define who Penelope is.
Odysseus's wife.
What is the name of the cyclops?
Polyphemus.
What is the name of the king that Odysseus is retelling his story?
King Alcinous.
Why would Odysseus conceal his identity from Penelope at first?
To get rid of the suitors first.
What does Athena disguise Odysseus as?
A beggar.
Laertes.
How do Odysseus and his men harm the cyclops?
Five men drove a small sharpened stake into Polyphemus' only eye, blinding him.
Who is the poet that wrote The Odyssey.
Homer.
What is Circe's warning about Helios's cattle?
What challenge does Penelope create for the suitors? (include both tasks)
They must string Odysseus' bow and shot it through 12 ax heads.
Where were the first 10 years of Odysseus's journey spent?
The Trojan War.
How do the men escape the cyclops' cave?
They stab the cyclops, the cyclops move the boulder, and the men then grab on to the underbellies of the sheep because the cyclops feels the top of each sheep.
The Lotus.
Who is Tiresias?
A blind prophet that Odysseus goes to visit to see his future.
What is the outcome of the challenge of the suitors?
Odysseus kills all the suitors and he is the only one able to string his bow. He wins back his kingdom and they all live happily ever after.