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Shameful Deaths
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The Odyssey was named after me.
Who is Odysseus?
100
Odysseus' home.
What is Ithaca?
100
Showing proper respect to a guest, even if he is a stranger.
What is hospitality?
100
Odysseus' main protector and ally.
Who is Athena.
100
I was murdered by my mortal enemy and wife when I got home from war.
Who is Agamemnon?
200
I patiently await my husband's return.
Who is Penelope?
200
Odysseus left home to fight here.
What is Troy?
200
Getting even and showing no mercy.
What is code of revenge?
200
Demands peace in Ithaca at the end of the story by sending a lightening bolt.
Who is Zeus?
200
I got drunk and fell off a roof.
Who is Elpenor?
300
I go off in search of my father.
Who is Telemachus?
300
Menelaus rules here.
What is Sparta?
300
Finding women who you can turn into allies instead of enemies.
What is rapport with women or role of women?
300
Gets to give Calypso the bad news.
Who is Hermes?
300
I had an arrow shot through me while lifting a golden goblet to my lips.
Who is Antinous?
400
I have been living like a servant ever since my son left.
Who is Laertes?
400
Nestor's kingdom.
What is Pylos?
400
Not even Poseidon can stop Odysseus from returning home, for his return has been prophesied.
What is fate vs. foreknowledge?
400
Father of Polyphemus.
Who is Poseidon?
400
I went crazy and beat up a goat.
Who is Ajax?
500
I helped Odysseus find some clothes.
Who is Nausicaa?
500
Between a rock and a hard place.
What is between Scylla and Charibdis?
500
Odysseus displays this by showing wit and alertness on a constant basis.
What is metis?
500
Gives Odysseus a magical veil while he is on a raft at sea.
Who is Ino?
500
I fell off a cliff and drowned because I bragged about escaping drowning.
Who is Little Ajax (the lesser)?