Greece Geography/Resources
Odyssey Characters
Vocab.
Trials 1
The Cyclops
100

This major Greek export produces wine

Grapes

100

Wife of Odysseus

Penelope

100

Virtue or excellence

arete

100

The first trial where Odysseus and his men kill people and BBQ animals

Island of the Cicones

100

How many sheep are the men tied under?

3

200

This plant produces a cooking oil

Olive Tree

200

Son of Odysseus

Telemachus

200

Excessive bragging or cockiness

hubris

200

The 2nd trial

The Lotus Eaters

200

What does Odysseus tell Polyphemus his name is?

Noe Boddy

300

Greece is what type of land formation

Peninsula

300

The cyclops

Polyphemus

300

A synonym for smart that is often associated with Odysseus

clever (cleverness)

300

This is the name of the Keeper of the Winds

Aeolus

300

How many men does Polyphemus eat per feeding?

2

400

The sea to the south of Greece is the 

DAILY DOUBLE

Mediterranean Sea

400

King of the Laestrygonians


DAILY DOUBLE

Antiphates

400

A long journey or trek

odyssey

400

A threshold guardian who becomes a helper

Circe

400

What does Polyphemus tell Odysseus he will give him as a gift?

He will eat Odysseus last

500

Greece can be described as _________ and ___________ 

Rocky and mountainous

500

The woman at the center of The Trojan War

Helen

500

The "author" of the Odyssey

Homer

500

Odysseus lost this many ships at to the Laestrygonians

Eleven

500

Who/what does Polyphemus talk to right before Odysseus escapes?

His ram

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