Gods & Goddesses
This god/goddess was Odysseus' strongest ally.
Athena
What weapon did Odysseus use to blind Polyphemus?
A sharpened stick/spear
Who sang beautiful songs to lure sailors to their deaths?
The Sirens
What was the name of Odysseus' homeland?
Ithaca
What is the name of Odysseus' son?
Telemachus
What is the name of Menelaus' kidnapped wife?
Helen
Which God was angry with Odysseus?
Poseidon
What was the name of the six-headed monster who ate passing sailors?
Scylla
What substance made Odysseus' men forget their homes and families?
Lotus
Where do Odysseus and his men travel to after they leave Circe's Island?
The Land of the Dead (aka The Underworld)
Who recognized Odysseus by the scar on his foot?
His old nursemaid, Eurycleia
Homer wrote the epic poem The Odyssey. What was the name of his other well-known work?
The Iliad
DAILY DOUBLE!
Who gives Odysseus a bag of winds?
King Aeolus, god of winds
Who were the Laestrygonians?
Cannibals
What does Calypso promise to give Odysseus if he stays with her?
Immortality
How long did Odysseus stay with Circe?
A year
How was Odysseus disguised when he first returned back to his palace?
As a beggar
How long was Odysseus away from his homeland?
20 years
What important warning did both Circe and Tiresius give Odysseus?
Do not touch the cattle of the sun god
What were the names of the one-eyed giants?
Cyclopes
DAILY DOUBLE!
Odysseus uses this magic plant to protect himself against Circe's magic.
Moly
Who is the princess of the Phaecians?
Nausicaa
What was the name of Odysseus' faithful swineherd?
Eumaeus
What was the name of Odysseus' faithful dog?
Argus
What is the name of the sun god?
Helios
What is Charybdis?
A deadly whirlpool
He sacrificed a ram and summoned them from the pool of its blood.
DAILY DOUBLE!
What was the name of Calypso's Island?
Ogygia
How did Odysseus finally prove to Penelope that he was indeed her long lost husband?
He knew their bed was built around a tree and was therefore immovable.
The suitor must string Odysseus' bow and then shoot an arrow straight through a series of ax heads.