Vocab
Characters
Penelope's test
The Journey
Father and Son
100
Disbelief
What is incredulity?
100
Telemachus
Who is Odysseus's son?
100
string Odysseus's bow
What is Penelope's challenge?
100
Polythemus
Who is the Cyclops?
100
20 years
How long was Odysseus away from Telemachus?
200
guide or messenger
What is courier?
200
Penelope
Who is Odysseus's wife?
200
Penelope's hand in marriage
What is the reward?
200
eats his men
What does Polythemus do?
200
2 years
How long was Telemachus away from Ithaca?
300
wooden platters
What are trenchers?
300
Eumaeus
Who is the swineherd?
300
herdsmen and swineherd
Who joins Odysseus?
300
Witch-goddess
Who is Circe?
300
Eumaeus
Who did Telemachus call 'uncle'?
400
boast
What is vaunt?
400
Argos
Who is Odysseus's dog?
400
hit Antinous in the throat
Where did Odysseus's arrow hit?
400
the female monster who forms deadly whirlpools
who is Charybdis?
400
Athena
Who guides Telemachus and Odysseus?
500
great hall or central room
What is a megaron?
500
Philoeteus
Who is the cowherd?
500
looking for termites
why did Odysseus tap the bow?
500
6
How many monsters did Odysseus face?
500
Athena
Who warns Telemachus that the suitors are planning to ambush him?
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