"The Odyssey"
This is the name of Odysseus’s home island, where his wife and son await his return
What is Ithaca?
This one-eyed giant is tricked by Odysseus with the name "Nobody."
Who is Polyphemus?
Odysseus escapes from the Cyclops’ cave by hiding his men under these animals.
What are sheep
This is how many years Odysseus spends trying to return home after the Trojan War.
What is ten years?
To test Odysseus’s true identity, Penelope says she will move this item—knowing full well it cannot be moved.
What is their bed carved from a living tree?
This son of Odysseus goes on a journey to learn what happened to his father.
Who is Telemachus?
This god, angry that Odysseus blinded his son, makes Odysseus’s journey home nearly impossible.
Who is Poseidon?
Odysseus tells the Cyclops his name is this, to trick him when he calls for help.
What is "Nobody"?
Odysseus loses all his ships and crew except himself after they do this forbidden act on the Sun God’s island.
What is eat the sacred cattle?
This mortal was not only punished for hubris, but for depicting the gods' moral failures too truthfully in her tapestry, her transformation serves as a mythological commentary on censorship.
Who is Arachne?
She is Odysseus's faithful wife who delays remarriage by weaving a blanket during the day and unraveling it at night.
Who is Penelope?
Odysseus survives a shipwreck caused by the gods’ wrath after his crew eats these sacred animals.
What are the cattle of the Sun God?
Odysseus demands this item from Circe in exchange for returning his men to human form.
What is her magic wand?
This natural force, no longer sent by the gods because of Poseidon’s anger, keeps Odysseus from returning home easily.
What are favorable winds
This earth-shaker god, frequently associated with instability, was once humiliated in a competition for Athens, losing to his niece after offering only a salt spring.
Who is Poseidon?
This war took ten years and kept Odysseus away from home before his long journey began.
What is the Trojan War?
This witch turns Odysseus's men into pigs but later helps them on their journey.
Who is Circe?
Odysseus recounts his adventures to the king of this island, who then helps him return home.
What is Phaecia?
This messenger god helps Odysseus by giving him advice and a magical plant to resist Circe’s spells.
Who is Hermes?
This Olympian, paradoxically fathered numerous mortal heroes through deception, including one birth that involved appearing as a golden shower.
Who is Zeus?
This goddess disguises Odysseus as a beggar when he returns to Ithaca.
Who is Athena?
This island goddess keeps Odysseus as a prisoner for seven years, wanting to marry him.
Who is Calypso?
This contest with twelve axes is used by Penelope to choose a new husband.
What is the archery contest (shooting an arrow through axe heads)
After surviving a shipwreck, Odysseus drifts on broken ship parts until he lands here, where he is held captive for seven years.
What is Calypso’s island?
This monstrous creature had the body of a lion, a goat’s head growing from its back, and a serpent for a tail. It breathed fire and could only be slain by Bellerophon riding Pegasus from the air.
What is the Chimera?