Friends and Enemies
Who is Odysseus' wife?
Penelope
Where is Odysseus's home?
What is a mortal?
a human
What god is Zeus?
God of thunder, king of gods
What did Odysseus give to Polyphemus as a gift?
Wine
Who is Odysseus' son?
Telemachus
Where is Odysseus when the war ends?
Troy
What is a swineherd?
Someone who takes care of animals/herds them.
What god is Poseidon? Who is his son?
God of the sea; Polyphemus
What did Circe give to the men to turn them into pigs?
A drugged wine
Who turns men into pigs/animals?
Circe
Where is Odysseus stuck at the beginning of the Odyssey?
Calypso's Island, Ogygia
What is a suitor?
someone courting a woman, trying to date a woman, ect.
What goddess is Athena?
Goddess of wisdom and war
What did Telemachus get when he went to Pylos?
Food, wine, a bed, horses and a chariot
Who is the blind prophet?
Tiresias
Where does Odysseus go to meet Tiresias?
The Land of the Dead
What is xenia?
Hospitality
What god is Hermes?
What did King Aeolus give to Odysseus to get him home?
Bag of wind
Who curses Odysseus to be stuck on Calypso's island?
Poseidon
Where does Odysseus start to tell his story from the beginning?
Phaeacia
What is an offering?
A sacrifice or reward for the gods
What god is Helios?
What did Odysseus receive from Nausicaa when he was washed up on the shore of Phaecia?
Clothes/a tunic