Odysseus
A genius invention that gained Odyssey fame and notoriety in the Trojan War.
What is The Trojan Horse?
This war influenced Homer's writing of The Iliad and The Odyssey.
What is The Trojan War?
The god most responsible for making Odysseus' journey very difficult.
Who is Poseidon?
A group of warriors who kill many of Odysseus' men after they lollygag a little too long in one place.
Who are the Cicones?
The member of Odysseus' family who is not alive by the time he returns.
Who is Odysseus' mother, Anticlea.
Famous Greek warrior who was shot in the heel with an arrow.
Who is Achilles?
The god who tries to be helpful to Odysseus.
Who is Aelus, god of the wind?
A plant that makes people lazy and aimless in life.
What is the lotus flower?
The object left behind by Odysseus that no other man is strong enough to use.
What is Odysseus' bow.
The man considered to be the author of The Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
A person Odysseus is very surprised and saddened to meet in the Underworld?
Who is Odysseus' mother?
First person to encounter Odysseus upon his return.
Who is Eumaeus the swineherd?
Two thing Odysseus experiences that (almost) no other mortal has.
What is the Underworld and the song of the Sirens.
The woman at the center of the Trojan war who was considered to be the greatest beauty on earth.
Who is Helen?
Odysseus' men anger this god when they kill his cattle.
What is Helios
A trial Odysseus faces that represents a choice between two evils?
What is the trial of Scylla & Charybdis?
Penelope's stalling tactic to delay having to marry one of the suitors.
What is weaving?
What is acting insane by planting salt in his fields?
The winners of the Trojan War.
Who are the Greeks?
This god punished Odysseus and his men for eating the cattle.
Who is Zeus?
A very important Greek value that the Cyclops violates.
What is hospitality?
A piece of furniture that Odysseus knows cannot be moved.
What is Odysseus and Penelope's bed.