In the Beginning
Vocabulary
Identification
Themes
A mix from the Odyssey
100

The narrator calls upon these spirits to help him retell the story

Muse

100

Odysseus' home

What is Ithaca

100
She is holding Odysseus hostage
Calypso
100

In Book 6 she gives him clothes, stuff to bahe and food. She tells him how to get to the palace to ask the queen for help back to Ithaca

Who is Nausicaa

100

What was the name of the person Athena disguised herself as when she accompanied Telemachus to Pylos

Who is Mentor

200
Telemachus
Who is Odysseus' son?
200
What is the name of the first place Telemachus visits?
Pylos
200

What goddess Ino gives Odysseus in book 5

What is a scarf or veil

200
The term Odyssey means?
Journey, expedition
200
What role does Hermes play in Book 5?
Goes to the island of Ogygia and tells Calypso that Odyseuss is going home.
300

Odysseus's wife

Penelope

300

Greek Hospitality

Xenia

300

1. What is the name of the man who kills Agamemnon.

Aegistus

300

These are the 3 main motifs/themes that has been discussed so far.

Betrayal, Hospitality, sexism/gender roles

300

What news does Menelaus give to Telemachus

Odysseus is stuck on Ogygia with no ship or men

400
What does Nestor tell Telemachus to do?
Nestor tells Telemachus to visit him because he might know the where-abouts of his father.
400

King Menelaus's home

Sparta

400

What is the name of the young man that seeks revenge on Agamemnon's death? First say his name and then spell it.

Orestes

400

In book 4 Menelaus tells the story of how he had to tame this god in order to learn what happened to Odysseus and Agamemnon

Who is the Old man of the sea or Proteus

400

When Penelope finds out Telemachus went on a journey to seek news of his father she does this...

Prays to Athena to protect him

500

This goddess advises Telemachus to banish the suitors from his palace.

Athena

500
This word is known as a blind poet.

What is Bard

500
Who devises the plan at the end of book 4? What is the plan be specific?
Antinous--wants to kill Telemachus
500

Penelope's was this to Odysseus for 20 years

What is Loyal

500

This is what Penelope did to avoid having to choose a suitor for a husband.

What is for 3 years she wove a shroud for her father in law during the day and unwove it at night because she promised she would marry one of them when she was finished
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