Characters
Storyline
Gods, Goddesses, & Monsters
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
This personality trait is demonstrated when Odysseus wants to hear the song of the Sirens.
What is curiosity?
100
This is the number of Odysseus's men eaten by the cyclops.
What is six?
100
This is the messenger god.
Who is Hermes?
100
This vocabulary word is the opposite of tiny.
What is mammoth?
100
This man is credited with writing the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
200
This character convinced others to slaughter the cattle of the sun god.
Who is Eurylochus?
200
This was given to Odysseus by Maron of Ismarus as a gift. (Odysseus explains it in detail during "The Cyclops" episode.)
What are 12 jars of brandy?
200
This Titan is the ruler of the universe and Zeus's father.
Who is Cronus?
200
This is the meaning of "in medias res."
What is in the middle of things?
200
After Odysseus left the island of the cyclops, this is what Polyphemus threw at his ship, sending them back toward land.
What is a hilltop?
300
The man to whom Odysseus is telling his story.
Who is Alcinous?
300
This is the point of Odysseus's journey at which the story begins.
What is in the middle of things or "in medias res"?
300
This is the god to whom Polyphemus prays after losing his eye.
Who is Poseidon?
300
This vocabulary word means "deprived."
What is bereft?
300
The type of animal under which Odysseus rode to safety away from the Cyclops' cave.
What is a ram?
400
This is Odysseus's mother; he sees her in the Land of the Dead.
Who is Anticlea?
400
This was lost when one ate the lotus flower.
What is the desire to return home?
400
This god plays an important role in Odysseus's travels because he controls the weather.
Who is Zeus?
400
These text aids, located at the bottom or sides of the page, help the reader to understand the historical cultural context of a literary work.
What are footnotes?
400
This is the false name which Odysseus gives the cyclops.
What is nohbdy (nobody)?
500
This is Odysseus's shipmate, for whom Odysseus weeped upon seeing in the Land of the Dead.
Who is Elpenor?
500
This custom of dealing with visitors was ignored by the cyclops.
What is hospitality?
500
This is what men face after hearing the songs of the Sirens.
What is their death?
500
This vocabulary word means "characterized by craftiness and betrayal."
What is insidious?
500
These are the mistakes Odysseus and his men make on the island of Ismarus.
What are greed and mutiny?
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