Vocabulary
Stern
Rear end of a ship.
What is the cyclops name?
Polyphemous.
Who is circe?
A witch goddess
Where are Odysseus and his crew going?
The land of the dead.
What does Telemachus send Eumaeus to do?
To tell Penelope that Telemachus made it home safely.
Victuals
Food.
Who is the cyclops father?
Poseidon.
What does Odysseus do to Odysseus' men?
She turns them into pigs.
How did Elpanor die?
He died after falling off of Circe's roof and breaking his neck.
What does Eumaeus do when he see's Telemachus?
He greets him with kisses.
Withy Baskets
Baskets made from twigs.
Where did Odysseus go to war?
Troy
Who is elpenor?
One of Odysseus men, a ghost.
What does Elpanor ask of Odysseus?
To give him a funeral when he gets back to Aeaea.
Why does Odysseus reveal himself to Telemachus?
Because he is told to by Athena.
Sage
Wise.
What happens to the men who eat the Lotus Flowers?
They lose the desire to go back home, and Odysseus has to force them.
Who are the Laistrygonians?
They are cannibals.
Who is Anticlea?
Odysseus mother.
What does Antinous try to get the suitors to do?
To kill Telemachus.
Adze
An axlike tool with a curved blade.
What mistake does Odysseus make as he escapes Polyphemous?
He taunts him by telling him his name.
Why don't Odysseus and his men make it home?
They open the bag of bad winds thinking it was a bag of gold.
Why was Odysseus so surprised to see Anticlea?
Because she is dead.
Obiation
sacrifice