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Odysseus's son. A baby when his father left for the Trojan War.

Who is Telemachus?

100

Why does Poseidon despise Odysseus?

Odysseus blinded Poseidon's son. 

100

Name the 2 places Telemachus visits to seek information about his father

Pylos and Sparta

100

Who are the kings of Pylos and Sparta? 

King Nestor of Pylos and King Menelaus of Sparta

100

What is the name of the sorceress who turns men into pigs?

Circe 

200

What is Aeolus the god of?

The winds

200

What does Odysseus tell the cyclops his name is while he is trapped in the cave? 

Noman

200

In total, how long was Odysseus away from his home and family? 

20 years

200

What is the name of the island where Odysseus is king? 

Ithaca

200

The nymph who kept Odysseus on her island for 7 years

Calypso

300

Odysseus's Wife 

Penelope

300

What is the name of the cyclops whose cave Odysseus and his men find themselves stuck in?

Polyphemus

300

Why are the suitors in Odysseus's home? 

They are waiting for Penelope to choose one of them as her new husband

300

A six headed sea monster

Scylla 

300

The goddess who protects and guides Odysseus and Telemachus throughout the epic poem

Athena

400

An older, gentle nurse who took care of Odysseus and then Odysseus's son

Eurycleia

400

How do Odysseus and his men blind the cyclops?

The sharpen a piece of wood into a pointed stake and stab his eye out. 

400

What are the creatures that lure men in with their song and then kill them? 

Sirens

400

How does Eurycleia recognize Odysseus? 

She recognized the scar Odysseus had on his foot. 

400

What is the name of the messenger of the gods?

Hermes

500

The leader of all the suitors 

Antinous 

500

Name the 2 disguises used by Athena

Mentes and Mentor

500

How does Penelope trick the suitors so she doesn't have to choose a husband? 

She tells them that she will choose a husband when she is done sewing a shroud, but at nighttime she unravels everything she did during the day, so she never finishes the shroud. 

500

What is Penelope's plan to choose a new husband? 

She tells the suitors she will marry the man who is able to bend Odysseus's bow and pass an arrow through 12 axe heads. 

500

Odysseus's loyal dog

Argos 

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