Books 10-12
What power does the goddess Circe have?
Turn mortals into animals
What group of people sail Odysseus home to Ithaca?
The Phaeacians
How does Eurycleia, the nurse/maid, recognize Odysseus in disguise?
Scar (from a boar hunting trip)
What are the three obstacles Odysseus and his crew meet before getting to the island of Thrinacia, where Helios' cattle are?
-Sirens, music
-Charybdis, whirlpool
-Scylla, six-headed monster
What is the name of Odysseus' loyal swineherd?
Eumaeus
What is Penelope's challenge for the suitors to win her hand in marriage?
-Shoot an arrow through twelve axheads
What group of people eat some of Odysseus' crewmen?
The Laestrygonians
Which god/goddess disguises Odysseus as a beggar?
Athena
What two people did Odysseus and Telemachus spare in the bloodbath?
-A minstrel
-Medon, the herald
What is the punishment for Odysseus' crew eating the cattle of Helios?
-Thunder and lightning storm, shipwreck
-Odysseus lost at sea for nine days, then stranded on the island of Ogygia with Calypso
What is the name of the suitor who makes a plan to kill Telemachus?
Antinoos
What secret does Odysseus reveal to Penelope to gain her trust?
Odysseus built the walls of their bedroom around a handcrafted bed made from an olive tree.
In the Land of the Dead, what does Tiresias tell Odysseus?
-Do not touch the cattle of Helios
-Kill Penelope's suitors
-Travel inland, plant oar, sacrifice to Poseidon for stabbing Polyphemus, make sacrifices to all other gods
What is Odysseus' and Telemachus' plan to kill the suitors?
-Odysseus enter the palace as a beggar
-Telemachus, Odysseus hide weapons
-Odysseus, Telemachus kill suitors
What god/goddess stops the cycle of war at the end of the text?
Athena