Monsters
Gods
Oh, Odysseus
Vocabulary/Literary Terms
Which way to Ithaca?
100
Witch goddess that lives on the island of Aeaea
Who is Circe?
100
The goddess that always looks out for her boy, Odysseus
Who is Athena?
100
After eating these fruits, Odysseus' men no longer wish to go home
What are the lotus flowers?
100

The men who are overtaking Odysseus' home and lands and wish to marry Penelope

What are the suitors?

100

Odysseus must make a choice between these two monsters

Who are Scylla and Charybdis?

200

This 6-headed beast will swoop down and eat you if you come close to her ocean cave

Who is Scylla?

200
Delivers the message to Calypso that she should let Odysseus go home
Who is Hermes
200

While in the underworld, Odysseus learns that this family member has taken her life

Who is Odysseus' mom?

200

The Iliad and The Odyssey are both forms of long poems, typically derived from oral tradition 

What is an epic?

200
Aeolus fills Odysseus' bag with this
What is wind?
300
Poseidon's son
Who is Cyclops?
300
This god is out to get Odysseus to avenge his son's injury
Who is Poseidon?
300

Odysseus fools Polyphemus by telling him that his name is 

Who is Nobody?

300

Odysseus must visit Tiresias because he is a 

What is a seer/prophet?

300

The starting point of the journey- a war was won here

What is Troy/Trojan Way?

400

A giant whirlpool that will swallow Odysseus' ship whole

Who is Charybdis?

400

This King of the Gods can send down a thunder bolt

Who is Zeus?

400
This is Odysseus' son who waits at home in Ithaca for his return
Who is Telemachus?
400

The author of both The Iliad and The Odyssey

Who is Homer?

400

What Odysseus' men did on the Isle of the Sun God

What is eat a cow?

500
Maidens with beautiful singing voices and cause men to steer their ships off course
Who are Sirens?
500

This goddess holds Odysseus on her island for 7 years

Who is Calypso?

500
For how long is Odysseus away from home?
What is 20 years?
500

Odysseus expects this Greek form of welcoming someone, feeding and taking care of them wherever he goes

What is hospitality?

500
These two people provide Odysseus with prophecies that tell his future
Who are Tieresias and Circe?
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