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King Aelous gave Odysseus a leather bag tied tightly with silver string that was not to be opened. The bag contained _________.
wind
Circe turned some of Odysseus's men into _____.
pigs
Odysseus survived a gigantic wave sent by Poseidon when Ino, a sea nymph disguised as a seagull, gave him a _______ that helped keep him a float.
belt
What is the name of Odysseus's wife?
Penelope
Odysseus and his men escaped from the cave of Polyphemus by strapping themselves to the bottom of ________.
sheep
The seer Teiresias warned Odysseus and his men not to eat the _______ of Helios.
cattle
Penelope was to marry the winner of a(n) ________ contest.
archery
What is the name of the Cyclops?
Polyphemus
The _______ were scary giants with one huge eye in the middle of their foreheads.
Cyclops
The ______ sang sweet songs that could lure men into the sea.
sirens
True or False: Odysseus put wax in his ears so the songs of the sirens would not affect him.
False
False
Some of Odysseus' men lost their memory because they ate _____ berries.
lotus
Odysseus had to sail through a narrow straight guarded by two monsters. Charybdis was a violent whirlpool, while Scylla was a _____ headed monster.
six
True or False: Odysseus and his men put a burning pole into the eye of Polyphemus so they could escape his cave.
How many years did it take Odysseus to return back to Ithaca after the Trojan War?
20
The gods were angry with the Greek warriors after the Trojan War because they did not give ________
libations
After the men of Odysseus at the cattle of Helios, _____ hurled a thunderbolt that destroyed Odysseus's ship and killed all of his crew.
Zeus
Put these events in order:
Odysseus won an archery contest to reclaim his wife.
Odysseus guided his men past the sea monsters
Odysseus's men had to be tied to the ship after eating lotus berries.
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Who wrote The Odyssey?
Homer