Monsters
Suitors
General Questions
Homer
Literary Facts
100
A monster with one eye who Odysseus blinds.
Who is Polyphemus?
100
This is one of the lead suitors who is the first to be killed by Odysseus.
Who is Antinous?
100
This is the total amount of time Odysseus is away from home.
What is 20 years?
100
Homer is the son of the important character from The Odyssey.
Who is Telemachus?
100
The Odyssey is an example of this type of genre.
What is an epic?
200
Turns Odysseus's crew into pigs.
Who is Circe?
200
This suitor tried to save himself by apologizing to Odysseus after Antinous is killed.
Who is Eurymachus?
200
This group of people helps Odysseus to finally return to Ithica.
Who are the Phaeacians?
200
Besides the Odyssey, this is Homer's other famous epic.
What is the Illiad?
200
The protagonist of The Odyssey.
Who is Odysseus?
300
Six headed monster who takes six members of Odysseus's crew.
Who is Scylla?
300
This suitor throws an ax-hoof at Odysseus.
Who is Ctesippus?
300
This is the number of years Odysseus spends with Calypso.
What is seven years?
300
Homer did not have this sense.
What is vision?
300
The point of view The Odyssey is written in.
What is third person?
400
Lure sailors to their deaths with beautiful singing.
Who are the Sirens?
400
This suitor is against killing Telemachus and is kind to Odysseus when he is disguised as a beggar.
Who is Amphinomus?
400
Eating this flower made three sailors lose their desire to go home.
What is Lotus?
400
Homer was likely born on this island.
What is Ionia?
400
The time when The Odyssey was probably written.
What is 700 B.C.?
500
This monster sucks up water and spits it out.
Who is Charybdis?
500
This suitor is the sacrificial priest to the suitors and is against the suitors' evil actions.
Who is Leiodes?
500
This is the god of the winds.
Who is Aeolus?
500
Homer was born during this time period.
What is the 8th or 9th century B.C.?
500
The Odyssey takes place during this age.
What is the Broze Age?
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