Who are the two Gods that seek to punish the Greeks after Troy?
Poseidon and Athena
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Who is the sea nymph that is holding Odysseus hostage?
Calpyso
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What news did Menelaus give Telemachus about his father?
Odysseus is trapped on the island of Calypso.
100
What did the flower do that the men ate in the Lotus Eater's country?
It made them forget about home.
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How does Athena disguise Odysseus when he returns to Ithaca?
She turns him into an old beggar
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What is the name of Odysseus' wife?
Penelope
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Why does Athena feel bad that Odysseus has not yet reached home like the other Greeks?
Odysseus was her favorite mortal
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Why did Calypso given into Zeus' orders to let Odysseus go?
She did not want to anger Zeus and face his wrath.
200
Who was the father of the cyclops and why did he punish Odysseus?
Poseidon is the cyclops' father and he punished Odysseus for blinding his son.
200
Describe Telemachus and Odysseus' plan to defeat the suitors.
Odysseus would stay disguised as an old man. Telemachus would hide all the weapons but 2 (one for him and the other for Odysseus) so the suitors could not defend themselves.
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What is the name of Odysseus' son?
Telemachus
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How did Penelope delay choosing a new husband among the suitors?
She promised to choose a husband after she finished weaving a blanket for her dying father-in-law. Every night she would undo all the work she did that day so the blanket was never finished.
300
What is the name of the sea goddess that helped Odysseus survive Poseidon's storm and what object did she give him?
Ino saved Odysseus and she gave him her veil to protect him while he swam to shore.
300
Recount the events that happened on Circe's island.
- Circe turns Odysseus' men into pigs
- Odysseus goes to save them
- Hermes gives Odysseus a herb that protects him from Circe's magic
- Circe falls in love with Odysseus because her magic does not work on him and changes his men back
- Odysseus and his men stay for 1 year
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What task did the men have to complete to see who would marry Penelope?
They had to shoot an arrow, using Odysseus' special bow, through 12 rings.
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Who was the Trojan warrior that was drowned for his arrogance?
Little Ajax or Ajax the Lesser
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Why did Athena encourage Telemachus to go find news of his father?
It would make the other men respect him and have a higher opinion of him.
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Where did Odysseus land after the Poseidon's storm?
The country of Phaeacians.
400
How did Odysseus get the shade of Teiresias to appear before him?
He killed a sheep and drained its blood into a pit for the ghosts to drink.
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How did the nurse recognize Oydsseus as himself?
The scar on his foot.
500
What is the name of the woman who was stolen from Athena's temple and who was she given to as a prize?
Cassandra who was given to Agamemnon
500
Where/who was the first place Telemachus went to visit and what news was given to him about his father? THINK CAREFULLY!
He visited Nestor of Pylos first and Nestor had no news of Odysseus. He told Telemachus to go see Menelaus in Sparta for information.
500
What is the name of the Phaeacian princess and what role did she play in the story?
Her name is Nausicaa and she brought Odysseus to the palace where he was given food and told the story of how he came to the island of Calypso.
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Name one other person that Odysseus met in the Underworld
Achilles or Ajax
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How did his wife react when Odysseus finally returned home.
She would not speak to him because she did not believe it was him at first.