History/Background
this is where the odyssey set.
What is Mycenaean Greece?
The amount of time that the hero traveled for after the war.
What is 10 years?
This is the god/goddess that assisted the hero on his journey.
Who is Athena?
The theme that determines that even the gods are not all powerful.
What is fate?
What is sirens?
This is the time setting.
What is between 1600 and 1200 BC?
This is the sea that the hero sailed.
What is the Mediterranean?
The hero blinded this god's son.
Who is Poseidon?
The inability to control weaknesses.
What is temptation?
The creatures that represent addicition.
What are lotus eaters?
This is the hero.
Who is odysseus?
The number of the hero's crew who survived the journey.
what is 0?
The cyclops that captures Odysseus and his crew.
Who is Polyphemus?
The theme of the hero's greatest success being the return home.
What is homecoming?
The six headed beast.
Who is Scylla?
This is the location the hero wad trying to get to after war.
what is ithaca?
This is the task of the final journey.
What is making a shrine to Poseidon?
The god/goddess that damages the hero's ship with a thunderbolt after the hero harmed Helios' cattle.
Who is Zeus?
This is the mental strength to complete the journey.
What is cunning?
The creature who eats six of the hero's crew.
Who is Polyphemus?
This is the hero's wife.
Who is Penelope?
This is the final destination of the journey.
What is the hero's home of ithaca?
The god/goddess that gave the hero an herb to protect himself from Circe.
Who is Hermes?
The gods dishing out suffering.
What is divine justice?
The nymph who keeps the hero on her island for 8 years.
Who is Calypso?