Romance
After all these years, is Odysseus’s wife still faithful?
Yes
Where is Penelope in the entire course of the Odyssey?
Ithaca
Who is Odysseus?
The king of Ithaca
How many years does it take Odysseus to come home?
20 years
What is Odysseus’s goal in the Odyssey?
To return to Ithaca
Who is Odysseus’s wife in the Odyssey?
Penelope
Where does Odysseus end up after he leaves from Calypso’s Island?
Scheria/ the island where he meets the king.
Who is Hermes, and how does he help Odysseus?
Hermes is mainly a massager of gods in the odyssey and helps Odysseus to leave calypso’s island and to give Odysseus power to evade Circe's tricks.
How many years in Odysseus stuck on Calypso’s Island?
7 years
How does Odysseus get his men back from the lotus eaters?
Dragging his men and tying them up at the ship so they do not escape.
What are the names of the two main suitors that invade the palace.
Antinous and Eurymachus
What do Calypso and Circe’s islands have in common?
They are both Isolated from the outside world.
Who does Odysseus see in the land of the dead?
Tiresias, and his mother.
What came before the Odyssey?
The Trojan War.
Why do Odysseus and his men not kill the cyclops when they had the chance?
They needed a stronger force than themselves to move the boulder in order to escape.
In the Odyssey, how many years does calypso keep Odysseus on the island?
7 years
What sea does Odysseus mainly sail in?
Black Sea.
How many heads does Scylla have?
6 heads
What book/ or what part of the movie does Penelope weave her veil? And what happens to it?
Book 2 / the middle of the movie. The suitors destroy the Veil.
What do his men use, to not get seduced by the sirens? And what does Odysseus ask his men to do for him when the sirens are there?
Odysseus and his men use wax. Odysseus asks his men to tie him up, so he can listen to the sirens without going insane.
How does Circe trick Odysseus?
She sleeps with Odysseus for 5 years when he thinks it is for 5 days.
Where does Scylla live?
The Straits of Messina/ in the movie it is a narrow cave.
In the movie, how does the servant know that the beggar was Odysseus? And on what specific body part?
The servant knows the beggar was Odysseus because of a scar on his leg!
In when in the Odyssey does Odysseus find out about the suitors trying to take Penelope?
In the land of dead
In the movie do Odysseus's men release the favorable winds? And why?
Yes, the men release the winds out of curiosity and the belief that there was treasure inside of the bag.