Words, Easy
Definitions, Easy
Words, Hard
Definitions, Hard
Bonus Round
100

Minstrel

a travelling musician and singer

100

A relative, usually male

Kinsman

100

Disconsolate

extremely sad and disappointed

100

Material possessions; property

Substance

100

What bird was usually associated with Zeus's omens?

Eagle

200

Tidings

Information or news

200

Swift in motion

Fleet

200

Afflicted

grievously affected or troubled

200

An especially fierce attack

Onslaught

200
For what did King Priam offer a ransom to Achilles?

The body of Hector

300

Quarrel

An angry disagreement between two or more people or groups

300

To try to persuade someone to marry you, or otherwise gain their approval

Woo

300

Beset

Troubled, harassed

300

Money that is demanded in exchange for someone who has been taken prisoner

Ransom

300

The entire story of Part I is Telemachus seeking and gaining tidings of which hero?

Odysseus

400

Citadel

a fortress that commands a city; a stronghold

400

Living forever; incapable of dying

Immortal

400

Appointed

Chosen; officially fixed or set

400

To consider or treat with profound awe and respect; venerate

Reverenced

400

Which character was appointed to bring doom upon Troy?

Paris

500
Yonder

In the place or direction shown; over there

500

An assembly or meeting for consultation, advice, or discussion

Council

500

Omen

A sign of how a future event will take place

500

To gain victory through strength or superiority; to triumph

Prevail
500

Which of the gods would Odysseus, Telemachus, and Penelope likely regard with the most reverence?

Athena

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