Odysseus
Aeolus
Chapter Summary
Major Events
Hygiene in ancient Greece
100

The animal Circe turned Odysseus' men into 

pigs

100

The name of the island Aeolus lives on

Aeolia

100

The name for the crew of Odysseus and his men 

the Achaeans

100

The significance of the bag of wind


The bag of wind was significant because it caused Odysseus and his crew to be caught in a storm which forced them back to the land of the cyclops.

100

The object ancient Greeks used in place of toilet paper 

stones

200

The length of time Odysseus and Circe were married

1 year

200

The length of time the Odysseus and his crew stayed with Aeolus on his island

one month

200

The reason Odysseus's' crewmates tore open the bag of wind

they thought it contained treasure

200

The place Odysseus is instructed to go to in order to get directions to Ithaca 

Hades/the underworld

200

The object the Greeks used to scrape dirt from their bodies

a strigil

300

The first person Odysseus asks for directions to Ithaca  

Circe

300

What Aeolus is God of


the winds

300

The place the Achaeans met Circe

Aeaea

300

The amount of ships that come out of the land of the Laestrygonians alive

1 ship (Odyseuss' ship)

300

The thing soap was exclusively used for in ancient Greece 

washing utensils

400

The herb Hermes gave to Odysseus to protect him from being turned into a pig

moly


400

The reason Aeolus refuses to help Odysseus and his crew when they arrive back to his land for the second time

Aeolus is concerned that the reason they have been forced back to him in the storm is because the Gods are angry at them and he doesn't want to face their wrath

400

The length of time it took for the achaeans to first sail from the Achaeans to sail from Aeolus to Ithaca 

10 days

400

The member of Odysseus' crew that fell off a roof

Elpenor

400

The approximate year bathhouses were invented 

600 BC


500

The news Odysseus breaks to his crew at the end of the chapter which makes them sad 

"We are going to the underworld"?

500

The way Aeolus reacts when Odyseuss and his crew arrive on his island the first tme

he reacted with hospitality

500

The God that appears on Aeaea to give Odysseus a special herb and stop him from turning into a pig

Hermes

500

The name of the spirit which is Odysseus' instructed to speak to

Tiresias

500

The type of tree chewed by the Greeks to clean their teeth

a laurel tree