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Odyssey Book 9
Odyssey Book 10
100

HEART

CARDI/O

100

TWO

DI/DU

100

EXCESSIVE OR OVERLY

HYPER

100

The Cyclops has only one 

eye

100

What is in the bag Aeolus gives Odysseus?

WIND

200

BAD OR WRONG

MIS

200

LARGE

MACRO
200

TEN

DEC/A

200

Odysseus tells the Cyclops his name is 

Nobody

200

Why do the men open Aeolus's bag?

They think it contains gold and treasure. 

300

SELF

AUTO

300

TIME

CHRON/O

300

STRAIGHT

ORTHO

300

When Odysseus and his men land the Island of the _______________ Eaters, they eat the flower and don't want to leave.  

Lotus

300

Into what does Circe turn Odysseus's men?

Pigs

400

HIDDEN, SECRET

CRYPT/O

400

BOOK

BIBLI/O

400

HALF

HEMI

400
To what animal do Odysseus and his men strap themselves to escape? 

Ram/sheep

400

What scary place does Circe say Odysseus must go through on his way home? 

Underworld

500

CHIEF, MOST IMPORTANT

ARCH
500

LETTER, WRITTEN

GRAM

500

GOOD, WELL

EU

500

Who is Polyphemus's (the Cyclops) father? 

Poseidon

500

Why doesn't Circe's magical wine work on Odysseus?

Hermes told him to eat moly to protect himself. 

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