Theme In The Odyssey
What Monster Am I?
What God Did This?
Facts About Odysseus
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100
Nausicaa welcoming Odysseus to her home when he was shipwrecked is an example of which theme from The Odyssey?
Hospitality
100
I have a huge eye in the middle of my forehead. I eat people meat. I like goats and cheese.
Polyphemus (the Cyclopes)
100
I made the weather bad for weeks so Poseidon was forced to land on Thranacia and stay there until he and his men ran out of food!
Poseidon
100
How many years was he away from home?
20
100
How did Odysseus leave Polyphemus' home?
By clinging to the bottom of a sheep after blinding the cyclopes
200
Which theme would describe how Odysseus felt when he tried to break free of the ropes when they sailed base the island of the Sirens?
Power of temptation
200
We sang Odysseus songs to get him to come to us. We hoped he would shipwreck and die!!!
Sirens
200
I crushed Odyssues' boat at the beginning of the story. he was almost home, too! Ha ha ha!!! Silly mortal!
Poseidon
200
Why did Nausicca, Circe, Penelope, and Calypso all fall in love with Odysseus?
that sweet, sweet beard
200
Who is the Phacaean bard who sung stories to Odysseus about Odysseus?
Demodocus
300
When a god gave Odysseus the special molly plant to protect him from Circe, that is an example of which theme in the Odyssey?
Interference/assistance of the gods
300
I swirl water around into a whirlpool and suck down anything I can get. I have huge tenticles and ALMOST ate Odysseus.
Charybdis
300
I destroyed Odysseus' ship when he and his men left Thranacia after eating the protected sheep and cattle.
Zeus
300
Who is Odysseus' dad, who lives on a mountaintop in Ithica and spent most of his day's missing him?
Laertes
300
Who are the king and queen of Phaecaeia?
Alcinos and Arete
400
When Odysseus screamed at Polyphemus that his name wasn't Noman, but Odysseus, he did it because he wanted..... (what theme?)
Vengeance
400
I like to sneak attack ships that pass by my waters. I have 6 ugly heads and I ate 6 of Odysseus' best men. I have big fangs, bad breath, and I like to yelp and whine.
Scylla
400
I appeared to Telemacaus and Odysseus in Eumaues' cottage to tell "Beggar" Odysseus it was time to reveal himself to his son.
Athene/Athena
400
Most people would describe Odysseus as clever or witty. What do they mean by that?
That he's great at solving problems with his brain.
400
The Odyssey starts in the middle of things, also know as what..... in Greek?
en media res
500
What theme is observed when Odysseus went to a mountaintop in Thranacia to pray to Zeus?
Respect for the gods
500
I am a monster because I am the lead suitor. I wanted to kill Telemachus and take Ithica for myself. I waited to go last in the contest of the bow because I thought it would help me win.
Antinous
500
I gave Odysseus the molly to protect him from Circe's tricks.
Hermes
500
Do you remember the name of Odysseus' special hunting dog that waited for him for 20 years? The dog stayed alive at the end of his life just to see him again?
Argos
500
How does Penelope make sure that it really was Odysseus and not a god in disguise when they talked together after the death of the suitors?
She tells hi she had their bed moved. Odysseus knew it wasn't true because he built it in that room and it was too big to move out.