Family
Who is Odysseus wife
Penelope
Who is the "defender of troy"
Hector
How do Odysseus and his men escape the cyclops?
By stabbing him in the eye.
How does Penelope keep Odysseus shroud in an unfinished state?
She takes it apart.
How is the woman able to identify Odysseus?
By the scar on his leg.
What does Odysseus say is "the proudest day of his life"?
The day his son was born.
How many years have they fought the war?
10
What is the one item that Odysseus carried into the underworld?
A goat.
According to Odysseus what are the suitors crime?
They are trying to steal Odysseus war.
After Odysseus returns to the island of Ithaca how does Athena change his appearance so he won't be recognized?
She changes him into a old beggar.
How does Odysseus mother die?
She drowns herself.
What do Odysseus and his men build that finally allows them to enter the gates of the opposing army?
A big wooden horse
How many of Odysseus men are lost traveling through the Straits of Scylla?
All of them.
What happens to the suitors at the end?
They all die.
On the island of Circe one of Odysseus men is turned into a?
Pig
What does Odysseus tell Penelope she must do if he has not returned before their son has a beard?
To remarry
On the ship what does goddess Athena tell Odysseus he is to do?
Defeat the trojans
Where must Odysseus travel to gain information on how to return home?
The underworld.
What does Penelope tell the suitors that they must perform to win her hand in marriage?
String and shoot the arrow correctly.
Why do Calypso's maids giggle when they see Odysseus?
It's the first men they have seen.
What person from his past does Odysseus see in the underworld?
His mother
What does Poseidon say Odysseus will do as a result of Odysseus pride and arrogance?
He will suffer.
Where does Athena tell Telemachus to sail to in search of his father?
Sparta
What are the suitors plan for Telemachus?
To kill him.
Why have the noblemen come to see Penelope?
That that she can remarry one of them.