Whose Line is it anyways
Characters of the Underworld
Themes/Vocabulary
Misc
100

Who said, "Three times I started toward her, and three times she slipped through my hands like a shadow or a dream." 

Odysseus

100

This judge of the dead sits with a golden scepter. 

Minos

100

This type of ritual allows Odysseus to summon the dead with a blood sacrifice. 

Hecatomb/Libation
100

Odysseus promises to bury this man's body after he fell off of Circe's roof and died. 

Elpenor

200

Who said, "I prophecy the signs of things to come. When you meet somebody, a traveler, who calls the thing you carry on your back a winnowing fan, then fix that oar in earth and make sacrifices to Poseidon"?

Tiresias

200

What task did Zues send Heracles to the Underworld to complete. 

Bringing Cerberus to the mortal world. 

200

What literary device did Homer commonly use in descriptions, such as when Odysseus is describing the Underworld?

Imagery

200

This character died while grieving her son. 

Anticleia

300

Who said, "So you must never treat your wife too well. Do not let her know everything you know. Tell her some things, hide others."

Agamemnon

300
Who is eternally punished by pushing a boulder up a hill but never being able to reach the top? 

Sisyphus

300

What Greek concept refers to hospitality and the relationship of guests and host?

Xenia

300

In Troy, Odysseus was judged and awarded something by Thestis and Athena. What was it? 

Achilles' Armor


400

Who said, "Odysseus, you must not comfort me for death. I would prefer to be a workman, hired by a poor man on a peasant farm, than rule as king of all the dead."

Achilles

400

What is Tityus' punishment?

Two vultures rip him open to eat is liver and intestines. 

400

What is the concept that refers to a hero's honor, glory, and immortal fame?

Kleos

400

Give 3 out of the 5 ingredients in Odysseus' sacrifice. 

Honey, milk, wine, water, and barley. 

500

Who said, "Odysseus, the earth sustains all different kinds of people. Many are cheats and thieves, who fashion lies out of thin air. But when I look at you, I know you are not in that category."

King Alcinous

500

Odysseus sees ________ chasing beasts he killed across the _________. 

Orion, The fields of asphodel. 

500

This Greek term refers to a hero’s moment of greatest glory or excellence in battle.

Aristea

500

Name one of the daughters and wives of warriors that Persephone sent to speak with Odysseus. 

Tyro, Antiope, Alcmene, Megara, Epicaste, Chloris, Leda, Iphimedia, Phaedra, Leda, Procris, Ariadn, Maera, Clymene, or Eriphyle.