Books 1-5
The king of gods.
Who is Zeus?
This person is the keeper of winds.
Who is Aeolus?
The blind prophet.
Who is Tiresias
Odysseus' nurse when he was a child.
Who is Eurycleia?
Who is Penelope?
This person has magical sandals.
Who is Hermes?
The king's minstrel.
Who is Demodocus?
The swineherd that welcomes Odysseus.
Who is Eumaeus?
He was disguised as an old beggar.
Who is Odysseus?
The ringleader of the suitors.
Who is Antinous?
The person set out for the kingdom of Menelaus.
Who is Telemachus?
The land where Odysseus washed up.
Where is Phaeacians?
This place swallows the sea, and spits it up again.
What is Charybdis?
This man was a real beggar, and warned Odysseus off his turf.
Who is Irus?
Odysseus embarrasses the suitors in this way.
What is shooting an arrow through the ax heads?
This person recognized Telemachus as the spitting image of Odysseus.
Who is Queen Helen?
The cave on The Island of the Cyclops.
What is Polyphemus's home?
This person cast a protective mist that keeps Odysseus from recognizing his homeland.
Who is Athena?
Zeus uses this as a sign for Odysseus.
What is a clap of thunder?
This person tells everyone to dress in their finest and dance.
Who is Odysseus?
Telemachus's aged nursemaid.
Who is Eurycleia?
This king arose and took Odysseus by the hand, and rose him to his feet.
Who is King Alcinous?
The place where the swineherd recounts his life story.
What is Ithaca?
Odysseus asks if these people are reinforcement enough.
Who is Athena and Zeus?
This man is Odysseus' father.
Who is King Laertes?