Gods and Non-humans
Odysseus
Characters
Places
Miscellaneous
100
This goddess helps Odysseus through times of trouble. She is the goddess of wisdom.
Who is Athena?
100
Odysseus is trying to get home to his family where?
What is Ithaca?
100
Odysseus's wife.
Who is Penelope?
100
Odysseus found the wind god in this place.
What is The Isle of Aeolus?
100
This man wrote the Odyssey as a sequel to the Iliad.
Who is Homer?
200
This god of the sea angrily shipwrecks Odysseus. His son is Polyphemus.
Who is Poseidon?
200
Odysseus is given what by a minor sea goddess?
What is a scarf?
200
The son of Odysseus.
Who is Telemachus?
200
This monster sucks up water, creating a whirlpool, then spits it out at high speed.
What is Charybdis?
200
Odysseus is recognized by which character?
Who is The Nurse?
300
This goddess falls in love with Odysseus, and begs him not to go to sea.
Who is Calypso?
300
Odysseus is recognized by the nurse because of his what?
What is his scar? (On his leg)
300
Who are the king and queen of the Phaeacians?
Who are Alcinous and Arete?
300
Which monster waits on a cliff, then snatches men off of passing ships?
What is Scylla?
300
Odysseus is away from his family because of what war?
What is The Trojan War?
400
This witch traps Odysseus and turns his men into pigs.
Who is Circe?
400
Athena disguises Odysseus as what?
What is an old man?
400
In chapter 14, Odysseus, disguised as an old man, fights this younger beggar and defeats him.
Who is Irus?
400
Odysseus's men slaughter the cattle of the Sun God on this island.
What is the Isle of the Sun?
400
What creatures lure sailors to their doom by singing?
What are the sirens?
500
This blind cyclops is cunningly defeated by Odysseus.
Who is Polyphemus?
500
Who comes to Odysseus and tells him of a prophecy/dream?
Who is Penelope?
500
What is the name of Odysseus's sickly dog?
Who is Argus?
500
For 500 points, name six places Odysseus has visited on his journey.
What are Land Of Ciconians, Lotus Eaters, Cyclops, Island of Aeolus, Laestrygonians, Circe's Island, Sirens, Land Of The Dead, Ithaca, Land of the Phaeacians, Calypso's Island, Isle of the Sun?
500
Odysseus told the Cyclops his name was _______ while he was trapped in the cave.
What is No-one?
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