Location, location, location!
These three obstacles that he encounters after leaving Circe's island cause Odysseus to make some tough decisions for he and his crew (must name all 3).
What are the sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis?
Also accepted: sirens, 6-headed sea monster, giant whirlpool
Eurycleia, his loving nurse...
What is general/heroic?
Who said it?
"Make up his bed for him, Eurcleia. Place it outside the bedchamber my lord built with his own hands."
Who is Penelope?
Also accepted: Odysseus' wife
This woman's kidnapping was ultimately the cause of the Trojan War.
Who is Helen of Troy?
Also accepted: Helen of Sparta
These were the 9 daughters of Zeus that the Greeks prayed to for inspiration in the arts.
Who are the Muses.
Odysseus visits this land twice--the first time he is tricked by Circe...the second time he is helped.
What is Aeaea?
Noemon, Phronios' wealthy son...
What is Patronymic?
Who said it?
"Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy."
Who is Homer.
What were the words the goddess Discord carved into the golden apple before tossing it into the wedding feast? You must get all three.
What is "for the fairest"?
According to the Greek's belief in the afterlife, who goes to the underworld?
Who is everyone...
Also accepted--all souls, all the dead, etc.
These people help Odysseus get home. Odysseus begins his part of the frame narrative by telling the King Alcinous of his travels.
Who are the Phaecians?
Peisenor, master of debate
What is skill/art?
Who said it?
“There will be killing till the score is paid.”
Odysseus
If the Trojan War were real, it would have occurred in modern-day where?
What is Turkey.
These creatures are known as the spirits of justice and vengeance.
Who are The Furies or "Angry Ones"
This is the land with fierce cannibals who bombard Odysseus' fleet with boulders, leaving him with only one ship.
What is Laestrygonia?
Also accepted: The land of the Laestrygonies
Captain Menelaus...
"Oh hear me, lord, blue girdler of the islands, if I am yours indeed, and you art father, grant that Odysseus, raider of cities, never sees his home: Laerte's son, I mean, who kept his hall on Ithaka."
Who is Polyphemus?
Also accepted: the cyclops
This brave Greek warrior dragged Hector's body behind his chariot for days after ruthlessly killing him in battle.
Who is Achilles?
What is the OTHER epic poem written by Homer? (not The Odyssey)
What is The Iliad
This was Odysseus' first stop home from war where he encountered the Cicones, who were allies to the Trojans and therefore enemies to Odysseus.
What is Ismarus?
Polyphemos, brawniest of the Cyclopes...
What is appearance?
Who said it?
"Clods. They go to pieces over nothing. You two there, why are you sniveling? ...Get on with dinner quietly, or cry about it outside if you must."
Who is Antinous?
Also accepted: The ringleader of the suitors.
One of the most controversial characters in the Trojan War, this cursed member of the Atreidae, was excited to go to war because he knew that Troy was a rich city and to plunder it would make him wealthy beyond his wildest dreams.
Who is Agamemnon?
What is the name of the realm of the Underworld where the wicked and damned go for eternal punishment?
What is Tartarus?