Epic Hero
Intervention of the Gods/Goddesses
Destroy all Monsters!
Epic Moment
Miscellaneous
100
As he relates his story to King Alcinous, it is evident that Odysseus values what two traits most highly?
What are cunning and guile?
100
Who is the father of Cyclops?
Who is Poseidon?
100
“I carved a massive cake of beeswax into bits and rolled them in my hands until they softened.” What is the relevance of the beeswax?
What is to resist the Sirens' songs by creating earplugs?
100
In Part II: The Homecoming, Odysseus and Telemachus face off against how many suitors?
What is over a hundred?
100
From where are Odysseus and his crew returning?
What is Troy?
200
How does Odysseus escape being identified when he returns to Ithaca?
What is being disguised as an old beggar?
200
Who does Homer appeal to for inspiration at the beginning of the Odyssey? Who is he/she?
Who is a Muse, one of the daughters of Zeus?
200
What is Cyclops name?
What is Polyphemus?
200
What is ironic about the Cyclops speaking to his largest ram as he is the last one exiting the cave?
What is Odysseus hiding under that very ram?
200
What is the prize of the archery contest?
What is marriage to Penelope?
300
Who wins the archery contest and how does he/she win it?
Who is Odysseus and in quick fashion?
300
What will Odysseus and his men find on Thrinacia?
What is the cattle of Lord Helios?
300
How was the Cyclops defeated?
What is by being stabbed with the sharpened trunk of an olive tree?
300
How does Odysseus prove his identity to the cowherd and the swineherd?
What is by showing them his scar from boar hunting?
300
What was in the great bag that was given as a gift from Aeolus?
What are unfavorable, stormy winds?
400
How does Odysseus keep the conflict with the Cyclops limited to only one of the Cyclopes?
What is by providing the fake name 'Nohbdy'?
400
In Aeaea, what did Hermes give Odysseus that was very important?
What is a Moly plant?
400
Which monster is described as a whirling maelstrom?
Who is Charybdis?
400
To what are the men caught in Scylla’s grasp compared?
What are fish being hooked by fishermen?
400
Who ate a honeyed flower all day and never cared to report or return home?
Who are the Lotus Eaters?
500
What is ironic about the suitors claiming that Antinous was the best on Ithaca?
What is ironic is that Odysseus has returned home, and is clearly the greatest of all men on Ithaca?
500
How many years does Odysseus stay with Calypso, who tells Calypso she must let Odysseus leave, who does she send?
What is 7 years, Athena, and Hermes?
500
Which monster was Odysseus advised not to fight, knowing that he must lose some men in order for the rest of his crew to survive?
Who is Scylla, who ate one of Odysseus' men for each of her 6 heads?
500
What epic simile does the book close with?
What is a shipwrecked swimmer arriving at the shore?
500
Why does Odysseus travel to the underworld, and name two other people he meets?
What is to meet Tireseus? He also sees his mother who has died of a broken heart, and Elpenor, who died drunkenly falling off of Circe's roof and requests a proper funeral.
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