Matching People from The Odyssey
The Sun God
The goddess ____________ made an apple that said "for the fairest" into a wedding.
Who is Eris/ strife and discord
Paris was a prince of a place called ____________.
What is Troy/Ilium?
What does Penelope do so that she will hold off having to choose a new husband?
What is she weaves a shroud every day and takes it apart by night?
What does Odysseus tell Polyphemus that is name is?
Who is Nohbdy?
Inhabitants on an island where a flower renders the eater lazy and forgetful
Who are the Lotus Eaters?
The wedding is held on ____________.
What is Mount Olympus?
Taking Helen from Sparta begins the ___________ War.
What is Trojan War?
Why do Odysseus and his men stay in the cave when Polyphemus comes in?
What is the door of the cave is blocked by a stone?
How do Odysseus and his men escape Polyphemus?
What is they strap themselves to the bottom of the sheep.
Son of Odysseus
Who is Telemachus?
Hera offers Paris _____________ in order to be chosen the fairest.
What is to be ruler of the world/ complete power as ruler?
Helen, unfortunately is already married to the King of Sparta, ______________.
Who is Menelaus?
When in the "Land of the Dead" what two people does Odysseus encounter before meeting with Tiresias?
Who are his mother and Elpenor?
What happens as a result of Odysseus's men feasting on Helios's cattle?
What is the are killed by Zeus's lightning bolt?
God of the Sea, Earthquakes, and Horses
Who is Poseidon?
Athena offers Paris ________________ in order to be chosen the "fairest".
What is victory in war/battle?
Odysseus devises a plan to defeat the Trojans by creating the ___________.
What is Trojan Horse?
What happens to the suitors staying in Odysseus's home?
What is he kills them all in the great hall.
Which goddess helps Odysseus the most?
Who is Athena?
Wife of Odysseus
Who is Penelope?
Aphrodite wins when she offers Paris the most beautiful woman in the world, ______________
Who is Helen?
Who won the Trojan War?
Who are the Greeks?
What is the final test that Penelope uses to ensure that Odysseus really is her long lost husband?
What is say his bed was moved, but he carved the bed himself around a tree growing in the bedroom, so he would have to know what their bed looked like and that it couldn't be moved?
Who is Scylla?