Characters
The hero of the Epic, The Odyssey
Who is Odysseus
The intended location for Odysseus and his crew
What is Ithaca
Examples of themes in the Odyssey
What are journey, greek culture and values , fate, deception, and the human experience
The author of The Odyssey
Who is Homer
Who Zeus sends to rescue Odysseus at Ogygia
Who is Hermes
Son of Poseidon which Odysseus blinded
Who is Polyphemus
Where the crew meets the blind prophet
What is Hades
Odysseus' Bow, Lotus Flowers, Sirins, and olive trees are some examples of this
What are symbols
The number of survivors that return to Ithaca from Troy
What is Zero
Penelope weaves a burial cloth for this person
Who is Laertes
The person the suitors are after
Who is Penelope
Where Odysseus and his crew were drugged causing them to loose perception of time
What is the island of the lotus eaters
Telemachus, the son of Odysseus, shows this motif throughout the Odyssey
What is growing through hardship/ tests to prove one's self
The best English teacher, who is also very much one of the coolest people you will meet perhaps in this life or in those preceding the ones you will encounter in the future
Mr. Iacono
Location of Nestor's palace
What is Pylos
Aids Odysseus when he arrives back in Ithaca
Who is Athena
Where Odysseus washes up after Zeus' mighty storm
What is the island of the Phaeacians
The most prevalent motif in The Odyssey
What is hospitality
The sea monsters that eat six of Odysseus' men
Who are charybdis and Scylla
The King of the Phaeacians
Who is Alcinous
Who is Tiresias
Home of Aeolus, the ruler of the winds
What is Aeolus
Odysseus' most defining character trait
What is sharp intellect
The literary term for Godly Intervention
What is Deus Ex Machina
Cannibals
Who are the Lastryigonians