Characters
Plot
Gods/Goddesses
Monsters/Enemies
Terms
100
This young man is Odysseus' son.
Who is Telemachus?
100
Odysseus and his men are on the return trip home from this war.
What is the Trojan War?
100
This god is Odysseus' nemesis.
Who is Poseidon?
100
This monster traps and eats several of Odysseus' men in a cave.
What is the Cyclops?
100
This is a long, narrative piece of literature that tells a story; usually told by bards orally.
What is an epic poem?
200
This man insulted a disguised Odysseus and refused to give him bread or coin.
Who is Antinous?
200
Odysseus and his men put this in their ears in order to ignore the sirens' call.
What is wax?
200
This god was angered when his cows were eaten by Odysseus' men.
Who is Apollo?
200
These monsters lure sailors into crashing their ships on sharp rocks with their hypnotizing singing.
What are sirens?
200
This is a problem that occurs between one and one's conscience.
What is an internal conflict?
300
This character kept Odysseus captured on an island for many years and wanted Odysseus for herself.
Who is Calypso?
300
Other than Odysseus, these men survive the return trip home.
Who are absolutely nobody.
300
This god punished Odysseus and his men by destroying their ship.
Who is Zeus?
300
These two monsters guard a straight in which Odysseus and his men must pass through.
Who are Scylla and Charybdis?
300
This is a thing, person , or pattern of circumstances that appears repeatedly in literature.
What is an archetype?
400
This is the name of a giant monster who threw rocks at Odysseus and his men.
Who is Polyphemus?
400
Odysseus is doing this when his men break the rules on the isle of Helios.
What is sleeping?
400
This goddess disguises Odysseus as an old man when he returns home.
Who is Athena?
400
This army ambushes Odysseus and his men and forces them to retreat back to their ship with heavy losses.
What are the Cicones?
500
This man incited the men to demand that they rest on Helios' island.
Who is Eurylochus?
500
Odysseus and his men receive this gift from the wind god Aeolus.
What is a bag containing all of the unfavorable winds?
500
This goddess lures Odysseus' men into her house with food and wine and turns them into pigs.
Who is Circe?
500
These creatures inhabited the island that Odysseus was trapped for many years.
What are sea nymphs?
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