book 19
book 20
vocab
Trojan war background
name pronunciation
100

the weapon Penelope said that she was going to use as an obstacle in her attempt to pick a suitor to marry.

What are axe heads?

100

The two signs/good omens Odysseus gets after he prays to Zeus.

What is a thunderclap and who is the servant cursing the suitors?

100

Definition of wastrels.

What is a wasteful or good for nothing person?

100

The amount of years that the war lasted.

What is 10 years?

100

the pronunciation of Telemachus.

Who is tuh-leh-mu-kuhs?

200

The reason Odysseus declined the bed.

Why is Odysseus used to being a beggar?

200

The goddess Penelope calls on when she can’t sleep.

Who is Artemis?

200

Definition of incorrigible.

What is not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed?

200

The woman that was fought over.

Who was Helen?

200

The pronunciation of Eumaeus.

Who is u-may-us?

300

The person who sees Telemachus and Odysseus removing the arms.

Who is Eurycleia?

300

Theoclymenus’s prediction.

What are portents of inescapable doom?

300

Definition of portent.

What is a sign or warning that something, especially something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen?

300

The man that the most beautiful woman was married to.

Who was Menelaus?

300

The pronunciation of Eurymachus.

Who is u-rim-a-cuss?

400

The person that distracts Penelope from recognizing Odysseus’s scar.

Who is Athena?

400

The image seen in the sky that’s a warning of doom.

What is an eagle with a dove in its talons?

400

Definition of lissom.

What is thin, supple, and graceful?

400

The three goddesses that tried to claim the apple of discord that said, “for the fairest.”

Who were Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera?

400

The pronunciation of Theoclymenos

Who is Thee-ock-lih-men-us?

500

The amount of geese that Penelope saw in her dream.

How many is 20?

500

The person that convinces the suitors to call off the murder of Telemachus.

Who is Amphinomus?

500

Definition of vagrant.

who is a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging?

500

the only deity not invited to the wedding.

Who was Eris?

500

The pronunciation of Ctesippus.

who is the-sip-puss?