Nostos with the Mostos
This hero spends 10 years trying to return to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
Who is Odysseus
The one-eyed giant who traps Odysseus and his men in a cave.
Who is Polyphemous
This sorceress turns Odysseus’ men into pigs.
Who is Circe
The name Odysseus tells the Cyclops.
Nobody
The wind god who gives Odysseus a bag of winds.
Who is Aeolus?
These men live in Odysseus’ palace trying to marry Penelope.
Who are the suitors
King of the gods who ultimately allows Odysseus to return home.
Who is Zeus
This goddess repeatedly helps Odysseus get home and advocates for him among the gods.
Who is Athena
These creatures sing beautiful songs that lure sailors to their deaths.
Who are the Sirens
The nymph who keeps Odysseus trapped on her island for years.
Who is Calypso
The object used to blind the Cyclops.
Sharpened olive branch
Odysseus’ crew opens the wind bag because they think it contains this.
What is treasure or gold
This arrogant suitor throws a stool at Odysseus disguised as a beggar.
Who is Antinoos
Zeus punishes Odysseus’ men for eating sacred cattle belonging to this god.
Who is Helios
Odysseus finally returns to this island kingdom ruled by him and his family.
What is Ithaca
This six-headed monster devours several of Odysseus’ crew.
Who is Skylla
This messenger god tells Calypso to release Odysseus.
Who is Hermes
The drink Odysseus gives the Cyclops before attacking him.
What is wine
The island where men eat a plant that makes them unmotivated and forget their homes.
What is Lotus Eaters
This loyal swineherd helps Odysseus defeat the suitors: a) Antinoos b) Eumaeus c) Antiphates
Who is Eumaeus
Hermes protects Odysseus from Circe’s magic using this herb.
What is moly
This character journeys to Sparta and Pylos seeking news of his father.
Who is Telemachus
he whirlpool monster opposite Scylla.
Who is Charybdis
Circe instructs Odysseus to travel to this realm to speak with the dead.
What is hades or the Underworld
The god Polyphemus calls upon for revenge.
Who is Poseidon
The sun god whose cattle Odysseus’ crew foolishly eat.
Who is Helios
Odysseus proves his identity by stringing this weapon.
What is a bow
Athena often disguises herself as this old family friend of Odysseus when speaking to Telemachus.
Who is Mentor or Mentes
Before returning to Ithaca, Odysseus must first prove himself to this loyal servant who recognizes him by a scar while washing his feet.
Who is Eurycleia?
This sea god persecutes Odysseus after his son is blinded.
Who is Poseidon
The blind prophet Odysseus consults in Hades or the Underworld a) Telemachus b) Tierisias c) Minos
Who is Tieresias
Odysseus and his men escape the cave by hiding under these animals.
What are rams
These skilled sailors rescue Odysseus and finally transport him safely back to Ithaca.
Who are the Phaeacians?
The first suitor Odysseus kills.
Who is Antinoos
This minor goddess/nymph gives Odysseus a veil to save him from drowning right before he lands on the Phaeacians' island.
Who is Ino
This couple hosted Telemachus in Sparta and told him about Odysseus' prowess with the Trojan Horse.
Who is Helen and Menalaus
This was the very first island Odysseus and his men stopped where six men died from each ship. A) Lotus Eaters B) Sirens C) Kikones
Who are the Kikones
In book 19, how does the nurse Euryklea recognize Odysseus?
What is a scar
Odysseus first appears in disguise as this kind of individual when he returns home.
What is a beggar
This wind god gives Odysseus a bag containing all the winds except the one guiding him home.
Who is Aeolus?
This queen proposes the bow contest to determine her new husband.
Who is Penelope
What goddess is present at the end of the epic?
Who is Athena
This Phaeciaen princess fell in love with Odysseus and gave him clothing as well as convinced her parents to help him.
Who is Nausicaa
A human monster of sorts, this Grecian general sacrificed his own daughter, Iphigenia, to get to Troy, thereby angering his wife, Clytomnestra.
Who is Agamemnon
The very last line of the epic:
What is peace
Member of Odysseus's crew who fell off the roof at Circe's island and died; his spirit then begged Odysseus to return to the island and bury him: a) Elpenor b) Eurymachos c) Medon
Who is Elpenor
Helen tells Telemachus about what ingenious invention by Odysseus that allowed the Greeks to win the Trojan War?
What is the Trojan Horse
Who almost strings Odysseus' bow but is stopped?
Who is Telemachus
Shape-shifting sea god that allows Menelaus to leave Egypt. a) Hermes b) Ino c) Proteus
Who is Proteus