Numbers
Odysseus was gone for this amount of time.
What is 20 years?
This character deceives the Suitors.
Who is Penelope?
Goddess who warns Odysseus and gives him advice on the dangers ahead.
Who is Circe?
This one eyed cyclops prays to his father, Poseidon.
Who is Polyphemus?
A long comparison made within an epic poem.
What is an epic simile?
The length of the Trojan War.
What is 10 years.
This character remains loyal as the beggar receives hard blows.
Who is Telemachus?
What is swine?
The whirlpool that tried to swallow the ship.
What is Charybdis?
The value Odysseus' displays when he brings wine to the Cyclops.
What is hospitality?
The number of spirits Odysseus spoke to in Hades.
What is three?
Odysseus' faithful friend.
This luring lady likes to sing sweet songs before they destroy their prey.
Who is a siren?
This sea monster grabbed men with her tentacles, as a fisherman hooks his catch.
What is Scylla?
The part of the Odyssey (I or II) in which Odysseus displays his heroic deeds.
What is Part I?
This number of men stabbed Polyphemus with a spear from an olive tree.
What is five?
King of Ithaca.
Who is Odysseus?
This honeyed plant keeps the men from wanting to go home.
What is lotus?
Zeus punishes Odysseus' men with a lightning bolt that destroys them because of this transgression.
What is eating Helios' cattle?
The destruction over time that occurred in Ithaca was best shown in this short portion of the text.
What is Argus?
Number of years Penelope deceives the suitors.
What is three years?
The haughty suitor, shot by Odysseus' arrow.
Who is Antinous?
Odysseus is most famous around the world for this quality, in peace and war.
What is guile?
This prophet foretells Odysseus' future days ahead.
Who is Tiresias?
Penelope and Odysseus share these two important qualities.
What are cleverness and loyalty?