Matching People from The Odyssey
The Trojan War
Trojan War continued
Motivations
Narrow Escapes
100

The Sun God

Who is Helios?
100

The goddess ____________ made an apple that said "for the fairest"  into a wedding.

 Who is Eris/ strife and discord

100

Paris was a prince of a place called ____________.  

What is Troy/Ilium?

100

What does Penelope do so that she will hold off having to choose a new husband?

What is she weaves a shroud every day and takes it apart by night?

100

What does Odysseus tell Polyphemus that is name is?

Who is Nohbdy?

200

Inhabitants on an island where a flower renders the eater lazy and forgetful

Who are the Lotus Eaters?

200

The wedding is held on ____________.

What is Mount Olympus?

200

Taking Helen from Sparta begins the ___________ War.

What is Trojan War?

200

Why do Odysseus and his men stay in the cave when Polyphemus comes in?

What is the door of the cave is blocked by a stone?

200

How do Odysseus and his men escape Polyphemus?

What is they strap themselves to the bottom of the sheep.

300

Son of Odysseus

Who is Telemachus?

300

Hera offers Paris _____________ in order to be chosen the fairest.

What is to be ruler of the world/ complete power as ruler?

300

Helen, unfortunately is already married to the King of Sparta, ______________.  

Who  is Menelaus?

300

When in the "Land of the Dead" what two people does Odysseus encounter before meeting with Tiresias?

Who are his mother and Elpenor?

300

What happens as a result of Odysseus's men feasting on Helios's cattle?

What is the are killed by Zeus's lightning bolt?

400

God of the Sea, Earthquakes, and Horses

Who is Poseidon?

400

Athena offers Paris ________________ in order to be chosen the "fairest".

What is victory in war/battle?

400

Odysseus devises a  plan to defeat the Trojans by creating the ___________.

What is Trojan Horse?

400

What happens to the suitors staying in Odysseus's home?

What is he kills them all in the great hall.

400

Which goddess helps Odysseus the most?

Who is Athena?

500

Wife of Odysseus

Who is Penelope?

500

Aphrodite wins when she offers Paris the most beautiful woman in the world, ______________ 

Who is Helen?

500

Who won the Trojan War?  

Who are the Greeks?

500

What is the final test that Penelope uses to ensure that Odysseus really is her long lost husband?

What is say his bed was moved, but he carved the bed himself around a tree growing in the bedroom, so he would have to know what their bed looked like and that it couldn't be moved?

500
Name the six-headed sea monster that eats six of Odysseus's men.

Who is Scylla?