odyssey 1
what the setting of the odyssey?
ancient greece
what is the odyssey about
the hero odysseus attempting to return to ithaca after the trojan war
who is the protagonist and hero of the poem
odysseus
what is odysseus's wife's name
penelope
which goddess often assists odysseus and telemachus
athena
what was odysseus son named
telemachus
odysseus left penelope bound for what city
troy
what plant makes sailors forget there desire to go home
lotus plant
why does odysseus only blind cyclops
because he is the only one able to move the boulder
we see what epic hero trait when odysseus outsmarts polyphemus
facing supernatural foes
why does poseidon despise odysseus
because odysseus blinded his son
of what did odysseus's mother die
grief
odysseus is king of what island
ithaca
circe warns that the men who listen to the siren songs will be?
killed or eaten
how does odysseus save his crew from the sirens song
plugging their ear with bees wax
how is odysseus able to listen to the sirens song
he has his men blind him to the ships mast
why dosent odysseus tell his crew about scylla
he thinks they would panic and endanger the ship
what does tiresias warn odysseus not to harm on his voyage
catte of the sun
the being whom homer asks for help in telling his story at the beginning of the odyssey
the muse
in penelopes archery contest how many axes must odysseus fire his arrow
12
what is an epic
a long narrative poem
who is argos
odysseus's old dog
what does athena do during the battle with the suitors
makes some of the arrows miss odysseus
penelopes final test to prove her husband identity is to
order their bed moved
odysseus believes no one but a god could move his bed because
he built it from a still rooted tree in the ground