Who is it?
Notable Quotables
Monsters & Magic
Where is Odysseus?
Bad Decisions
100

This enchantress transforms some of Odysseus’s men into pigs.
 

Who is Circe?

100

Who said this:

"Grant that Odysseus, the city-sacker, will never go back home! Or if it is fated that he will see his family, let him get there late and with no honor, in pain and lacking ships, and having caused the death of all his men, and let him find more trouble in his own house!"

Who is Polyphemus
100

The fruit of this plant causes people to forget their desire to return home.

What is the Lotus
100

Odysseus washes ashore in the land of these people, where he meets Nausicaa.

Who are the Phaecians

100

After successfully escaping Polyphemus, Odysseus makes the unnecessary decision to do this.

What is 'taunt him'.

200

This Cyclops traps Odysseus and his men inside his cave.

Who is Polyphemus?

200

Who said this:

"I am amazed that you could drink my potion and yet not be bewitched. No other man has drunk it and withstood its magic charm. But you are different... Your mind is not enchanted. You must be Odysseus!"

Who is Circe

200

Aeolus possesses supernatural control over this natural force.

What are 'The Winds'

200

This island is home to the god Aeolus and his family.

Where is Aeolia

200

Odysseus keeps the contents of Aeolus’s bag secret from his crew, contributing to this incorrect assumption.

What is 'That it contains treasure.'

300

This Phaeacian princess discovers Odysseus after he washes ashore.

Who is Nausicaa?

300

Who said this:

"Since you have arrived here in our land, you will not lack for clothes or anything a person needs in times of desperation. I will show you the town. The people here are called Phaecians."

Who is Nasicaa

300

Unlike the Cyclops, these cannibalistic giants attack Odysseus’s entire fleet all at once.

Who are The Laestrygonians?

300

This island is home to Circe.

Where is Aeaea

300

Elpenor, one of Odysseus's men, ends up among the dead because, after drinking too much, he does this.

What is 'Falls from the roof of Circe's home"

400

This man is king of the Phaeacians and a good host to Odysseus.

Who is Alcinous?

400

Who said this:

"King under Zeus, Odysseus, adept survivor, why did you abandon the sun, poor man, to see the dead, and this place without joy? Step back now from the pit, hold up you sharp sword so that I may drink the blood and speak to you."

Who is Tiresias

400

Hermes protects Odysseus from Circe using a magical plant called this.

What is Moly

400

Before reaching the Lotus-Eaters, Odysseus and his men raid Ismarus, the city of these people.

Who are the Cicones
400

During the Phaeacian games, this man makes the questionable decision to insult Odysseus by suggesting he is a bad athlete.

Who is Euryalus

500

Circe tells Odysseus he must seek out the spirit of this dead prophet before continuing home.

Who is Tiresias?

500

Who said this:

"I would prefer to be a worksman, hired by a poor man on a peasant farm, than to rule as king of all the dead."

Who is Achilles

500

Tiresias warns Odysseus that when he reaches the island of Thrinacia, his crew must not harm the sacred cattle belonging to this god.

Who is Helios/the Sun

500

Circe instructs Odysseus to sail to the land of these people, who live in perpetual darkness near the entrance to the realm of the dead.

Who are the Cimmerians

500

Odysseus’s response to Euryalus demonstrates a recurring weakness: even when his immediate survival does not depend upon it, he struggles to resist a challenge to this ideal.

What is Kleos/Glory/Reputation

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