Odyssey 1
What is an odyssey?
A long journey
What does the lotus plant do to the sailors?
It makes them forget about home/family.
What is King Aeolus the god of?
The winds
Who are the two monsters Odysseus and his men have to pass through in Book 12?
Scylla and Charybdis
What is the name of the goddess of war who helps protect and advise Odysseus through his travels?
Athena
Odysseus' son who was a child when his father left for the Trojan War.
Telemachus
He has to be tied to the mast of the ship to keep from jumping overboard.
What did the Laestrygonians do to Odysseus and his men?
Through big rocks at their boats, only Odysseus' boat escaped
What is the name of the sorceress who turns men into pigs?
Circe
How does Athena help Telemachus
(examples from earlier in the book)
What is the name of the cyclops whose cave Odysseus and his men find themselves stuck in?
Polyphemus
What does King Aeolus give to Odysseus as a gift?
How long are Odysseus and his men on Circe's island?
One year
Name 7 Greek gods
Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hermes, Athena, Calypso, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Ino, Helios, Aeolus, Ares
How long is Odysseus trapped on Calypso's island
7 years
What does Odysseus tell the cyclops his name is while he is trapped in the cave
"Nobody"
Describe what happens on the land of the Cicones
Name 3 people Odysseus talks to in the Land of the Dead
Tiresias, Anticleia, Achilles, Agamemnon
How does Odysseus act around Nausicaa? Why?
Very flirty and charming because he is trying to get her to take him to the palace
Describe how the Trojan Horse plot played out.
The horse was full of soldiers. The Trojans thought it was a gift and brought it into the city walls. The soldiers came out at night and killed the Trojans.
Describe how Odysseus and his men escape from the cyclops.
They get him drunk and Odysseus tells the cyclops his name is "nobody" then, they sharpen his spear and blind him. Finally, they escape by riding underneath the sheep after the cyclops moves the stone away.
What goes wrong with the bag of winds?
One of Odysseus' soldiers opens the bag of winds when he isn't supposed to and it throws the ships off course and sends them back to Aeolus' island.
What instructions does Circe give to Odysseus when talking to ghosts?
Athena advises Odysseus to visit who to help him get him back to the palace?
Eumaeus