The Odyssey

Odyssey 1

100

Odysseus' kingdom

Ithaca

200

Odysseus' son. A mere child when his father left for the Trojan War.

Telemachus

300

Why does Poseidon despise Odysseus?

Odysseus blinded his son.

400

The opening lines of The Odyssey

The invocation of the Muse

500

An epic is best described as a?

Long Narrative Poem

Odyssey 2

100

The Odyssey is about

The hero Odysseus attempting to return to Ithaca after the Trojan War

200

Odysseus left Penelope bound for what city?

Troy

300

Where Odysseus is when the Odyssey opens

Ogygia, Calypso's island

400

Telemachus is often compared to him

Orestes, son of Agamemnon

500

"Wine dark sea" and "rose fingered Dawn" are common examples of...

epithets

Odyssey 3

100

born into nobility and traveling vast distances are examples of...

epic hero characteristics

200

Penelope, Calypso, and Queen Arete all share this hobby

Weaving

300

Theme introduced in the opening lines (and foreshadows what happens to Odysseus' men)

recklessness (eating the Sun God's cattle)

400

Another word for the Greeks

Achaeans

500

Mentes and mentor

Athena's disguises

Odyssey 4

100

The "much-enduring" wife of Odysseus and the patient mother of Telemachus is named________.

Penelope

200

God of hospitality

Zeus

300

What Circe offers Odysseus

immortality

400

The being from whom Homer asks for help in telling his story at the beginning of the Odyssey.

What is a muse?

500

These places act as temptations for Odysseus to stay and abandon his mission to return home

Scheria (land of the Phaeacians) and Ogygia (Calypso's island)

Odyssey 5

100

Which goddess often assists Odysseus and Telemachus, and speaks up for them in the councils of the gods on Mount Olympus?

Athena

200

Odysseus' most outstanding trait

cunning

300

A suppliant is one who

asks or begs

400

The focus of books 1-4

Telemachus and his coming of age

500

messenger of the gods (asks Calypso to release Odysseus)

Hermes