Vocabulary
If someone is a swineherd, they herd this type of animal.
What is a pig?
Athena, the goddess who helps Odysseus out throughout the story, is known for this trait.
What is wisdom?
This god made it especially hard for Odysseus to return to his home.
Who is Poseidon?
This contraption was Odysseus's brainchild and the thing that ended the Trojan War.
What is the Trojan Horse?
This island is Odysseus's home.
What is Ithaca?
This is the Greek concept of hospitality— where someone would believe that a guest is a god in disguise.
What is Xenia?
Eumaeus, Odysseus's swineherd, is usually described with THIS trait.
What is loyal (or loyalty)?
This witch goddess originally turned Odysseus's men into pigs, but later turned them back and let them stay on her island for a year.
Who is Circe?
Odysseus was away from Ithaca for this many years.
What is 20?
This place is where Odysseus left (hint: also the location of the war!)
What is Troy?
If someone gives you sage advice, that advice would be this.
What is wise?
Eurymachus and Antinous both possess THIS character trait. (must get at least one)
What is cruel, arrogant, selfish, or rude?
What are Hyperion's cows?
This son of Odysseus helped him kill all the suitors.
Who is Telemachus?
This location is the home of Queen Arete, King Alcinous, and their daughter Nausicaa
What is Phaeacia?
To embrace someone means to do this.
What is hugging?
The cyclops Polyphemus is described as ponderous, which also means this.
Odysseus and his crew faced the six-headed Scylla instead of going through this monstrous whirlpool.
What/who is Charybdis?
The King Aeolus gave Odysseus this— and it almost ended their journey much earlier.
What is a bag of winds?
Calypso trapped Odysseus on this island for seven years.
What is Ogygia?
If someone is cowering, they are feeling this emotion.
What is scared?
This is the name of one of Odysseus's flaws— his excessive pride.
What is hubris?
Near the beginning of Odysseus's journey, he meets a group of people who want to eat this fruit forever.
What is the lotus fruit?
Penelope was called "wise" because she devised this trick to put off marrying a suitor.
What is the loom trick? (doesn't need to be exact wording)
What is the land of the dead/the underworld/Hades?