On the Map
What is Ithaka?
Odysseus' wife
Who is Penelope?
Epic hero
Who is Odysseus? (larger than life, smarter, more handsome, braver, etc.)
What was the turning point in the Trojan War?
What was the Wooden Horse?
What is myth is totally made up and legend is based in some part on fact?
What is Africa?
Who is Helen?
Quest
What did Odysseus do to Polyphemos?
What is put out his eye, trick him, steal his sheep, taunt him, etc.
Example of hospitality or lack of hospitality
What is the Phaiakians, Menelaus, Nestor, vs. Polyphemos, Circe, the suitors?
Where Odysseus spent the most time on his way home.
Where is Calypso's island?
The Grey-eyed goddess
Who is Athena?
Deeds of Valor/Daring
What is fighting at Troy, facing the Cyclops, sailing to the Land of the Dead, taking the route between Skylla/Charybdis, etc.
What did Polyphemos do to Odysseus?
What is call down curses on him (trials on the way home, loss of companions, strange sail, trouble at home)
Who is Odysseus' son and where is he?
Who is Telemakhos and he's at Menelaus' looking for information on Odysseus?
Where Odysseus encountered both the Skylla and Charybdis
Where is the Strait of Messina?
Killed by his wife while eating his homecoming feast
Who is Agamemnon?
Sweeping Scope
What is the story covers 20 years and the entire Mediterranean?
Who first helped Odysseus when he washed up at the land of the Phaiakians?
Who is Nausikaa?
Who was the audience for Odysseus' complete story?
Who is King Alkinoos, Queen Arete, the Phaiakians?
Where Odysseus went to seek information from Teiresias and ran into Elpenor
Where is the Land of the Dead? (Current day Spain)
Odysseus' main antagonist
Who is Poseidon?
Supernatural intervention
What is Athena's help, Poseidon's antagonism, Zeus' interference, Hermes messages, etc.
What's going on at home while Ody's gone?
What is the suitors are "courting" his wife and plundering his goods?
What was one of Odysseus' disasters?
What was Polyphemos, the Lastrygonians, Circe, Aeolias, Helios, Skylla/Charybdis, etc.?