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Odysseus
Penelope
Athena
Circe
The Cyclops-Polyphemus
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Who was Odysseus?
Odysseus was a Greek leader from the Trojan War. He was also the King of Ithaca.
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Who was Penelope?
Penelope was the faithful wife of Odysseus and the mother of Telemachus.
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Who was Athena?
Athena was the goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare.
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Who was Circe?
Circe was an enchantress who helped Odysseus.
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Who was Polyphemus?
Polyphemus is the gigantic one-eyed son of Poseidon who imprisoned Odysseus.
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Where is Odysseus at the beginning of the story?
He is being held prisoner in a cave by the witch Calypso.
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How many suitors did Penelope have trying to marry her while Odysseus was away?
She had 108 suitors trying to marry her while Odysseus was away.
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When Athena first approaches Telemachus, who is she disguised as?
She is disguised as a mentor.
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What does Circe turn Odysseus's men into?
She turns them into pigs.
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How many men does Polyphemus eat at a time?
He eats two men at a time.
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Who reminds Odysseus about going home?
His men remind him.
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When did Penelope give birth to Telemachus, her son?
She gave birth to Telemachus shortly before Odyssey left for the Trojan War.
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What advice does Athena give Telemachus?
She tells him to search for news of his father, Odysseus.
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What is Circe doing when the men approach her?
She is singing and weaving.
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How does Polyphemus become blind?
Odysseus stabs him with a stake in his one eye when he is drunk.
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Who does Odysseus send with his men to explore?
He sends Eurlyochus.
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What was Penelope's challenge?
Her challenge was to string a bow and shoot it through some rings. She would marry whoever completed the challenge.
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What does Athena give Odysseus?
She gives him a beggar.
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What advice does Circe give about Scylla and Charybdis?
She says to go more towards Scylla.
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How does Polyphemus not know that Odysseus and his men are escaping?
Odysseus and his men tie themselves to the bottom of Polyphemus's sheep so that when he lets the sheep out they can escape. Polyphemus feels the tops of the sheep but does not feel the men, so he thinks they hadn't escaped yet.
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Why does Odysseus kill the suitors?
Odysseus fought and killed the suitors because they were courting his wife Penelope.
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Why did it take so long for Penelope to weave the shroud for Laertes?
She would unweave the shroud every night so that she wouldn't have to marry one of her suitors when she finished.
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How does Athena show her involvement?
She makes a shield.
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What was unusual about the wolves and lions around Circe's residence?
They didn't attack.
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What makes Polyphemus so different from the other characters in the Odyssey?
Polyphemus and the other Cyclops have no laws, councils, traditions of civility or hospitality.