The place Odysseus had to be brave enough to enter, because Circe told him his only way home was to speak to Tyresius, who could only be found there.
What is the Land of the Dead (Hades)?
100
The last of Odysseus' men died because they did this thing that they had been warned (a few times) not to do.
What is eat Helios' cattle (the cattle of the Sun God)?
100
The big bully who started the first morning of Odysseus' sleep-over by eating two of his men for breakfast. He's such a son of a...uhh...sea god.
Who is the Cyclops (Polyphemus)?
100
Tiresias spoke about these fatal "females" when he prophesied that "denial of yourself" and "restraint of shipmates" was the only way to survive their sultry song.
What are the Sirens?
100
What Odysseus is known for--"sly or cunning intelligence; trickiness."
What is guile?
200
The obstacle Odysseus had to plan for before he and his men could get revenge on the fella who was making meals of his men.
What is the boulder stuck in the door?
200
What Odysseus never should have taunted ol' Polyphemus with...no matter what he had coming to him.
What is his name?
200
The blinded brat's daddy. He was the wrong god to tick off...if you're sailing home.
Who is Poseidon?
200
This bewitching beauty may have actually coined the phrase "Men are pigs" when she punished Odysseus' men for giving in to lustful temptations.
Who is Circe?
200
An adjective that could be used to describe the blind prophet Tiresias because of his ability to see beyond the natural senses.
What is clairvoyant?
300
The reason why three of Odysseus' men no longer wanted to go home.
What is eating lotus berries?
300
The cultural ideal that drove Odysseus to screw up a lot--like when he didn't explain about the bag of the winds because he wanted all the credit for getting them home.
What is kleos?
300
The god who wiped out all of Odysseus' remaining men because they barbecued some sacred cows.
Who is Zeus?
300
"Fancy meeting you here!" Running into this person, whom Odysseus already knew before this whole trip began, may have been his biggest surprise.
Who is Odysseus' mother?
300
The verb you could use for the act of Odysseus' moving his men "into strategic position" inside a giant wooden horse.
What is deploy?
400
The good answer Odysseus received when he asked for help with his hunger.
What is sleep?
400
The activity (still common to find behind many of people's troubles today) that helped get 6 benches worth of men from each boat killed (and one big fella blinded).
What is getting sloppy drunk?
400
A six headed monster with a taste for sailors and its partner in crime that really sucks.
What are Scylla and Charybdis?
400
The amount of time the rest of Odysseus spent with the witchy woman (in order to save his men)...even though his heart never gave consent.
What is 1 year?
400
The word you would fill in to complete an alliterative phrase describing a "heckling or taunting remark" used by Odysseus to trash talk the big blind bad guy:
A giant _______.
What is gibe?
500
The guy who stepped up to help Odysseus get safely into the Land of the Dead, keep him tied tightly to the mast when Odysseus wanted to stop for a while (and die), and made a rousing speech to the men when they were starving (although that last one led them to D'Oh! Time).
Who is Eurylocus?
500
The army who ruin the crew's beach party in order to get revenge for Odysseus' little village pillage maneuver earlier that day.
Who are the Cicones?
500
The big buggers were responsible for killing more of Odysseus' men than he lost in any other encounter on the journey.
Who are the Laestrygonians?
500
One is Odysseus' wife, the woman waiting for him at home, keeping hope alive, the other is the goddess watching over his trip home, keeping him alive.
Who are Penelope and Athena?
500
A word to describe the relationship the walking dead have with their new home, because departed souls "belong to a particular [scary] area."