The Odyssey
Odysseus
The Cyclops
Adventures
Other
100
A human who maximizes his body and mind to perform superhuman features
What is an Epic Hero
100
Quality that caused his men to get stuck in the Cyclops cave
What is Curiosity
100
Why doesn't Odysseus kill the cyclops after he eats his men?
Which they would be stuck in the cave and die
100
On the island of the sun god, what causes the men to disobey Odysseus's orders?
Which is their hunger
100
Who is Argus and what happens after he sees Odysseus?
Which is his dog who dies after seeing Odysseus
200
A long poem that includes a hero that takes an adventurous journey
What is an Epic
200
Odysseus's Weaknesses
What is pride and woman
200
Cyclops told Odysseus he feared what god?
Who is no god
200
When are the last of Odysseus men killed?
Where is the Island of the sun god
200
Who does Telemachus think Odysseus is at first?
What is a beggar
300
Author of the Odyssey
Who is Homer
300
How did Odysseus' keep himself from the lure of the sirens?
Which his men tied him to the mast
300
Why don't the others help the cyclops when he calls for help?
Which is because Odysseus said his name was nobody
300
Why aren't Odysseus men tempted by the Sirens' singing?
What is beeswax
300
Why does Odysseus reveal himself to his son?
Which is because Athena told him to
400
Written around 800 B.C.
What is the Odyssey
400
Odysseus's home
Where is Ithaca
400
Polyphemus had been warned that Odysseus would blind him, what surprised him about Odysseus?
Which was because he was so small
400
How does Helios get Zeus to punish Odysseus men?
What is threats
400
What quality best describes Penelope?
What is faithfulness
500
Odyssey Begins after which war?
What is Trojan War
500
How does Odysseus respond when Penelope tells the servant to move the bed?
Which he becomes angry
500
What non-heroic behavior does Odysseus display as he leaves the land of the Cyclops?
What is he teases and taunts the blind cyclops
500
Where did the reunion between Telemachus and Odysseus take place?
Where is Eumaeus, the swineherd's hut
500
What were Scylla and Charybdis?
What is Scylla- Giant sea monster What is Charybdis- Giant Whirlpool
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