Show:
The Odyssey
The Cyclops
The Challenge/Odysseus's Revenge
Land of the Dead
Random Questions about The Odyssey
100
His son, Telemachus, was born
What is what happened the day Odysseus left for Troy (war)?
100
Nohbody
What is the name Odysseus tells the Cyclops his name is?
100
100 or more men
How many suitors did Odysseus, Telemachus, Eumaeus, and Athena have to kill?
100
Hades
What is the Land of the Dead/The Underworld/Hell?
100
Lure men to them through beautiful singing
Who are the Sirens?
200
epic poem
What is The Odyssey an example of?
200
Olive
What is the type of tree branch Odysseus and his men create a spear from?
200
Odysseus's son
Who is Telemachus?
200
Aeolus's gift to Odysseus to help him reach the Land of the Dead
What is a favorable wind and a bag of unfavorable wind (not to be opened)?
200
how Odysseus's crew avoid the Sirens
What is they deafen themselves by putting beeswax in their ears?
300
Homer
What is who (supposedly) told the story of The Odyssey?
300
Poseidon
Who is the cyclops, Polyphemus's, father?
300
Antinous
Who is the first suitor Odysseus kills?
300
Blind prophet who tells Odysseus how to get back to Ithaca
Who is Tiresias?
300
a lengthy, descriptive comparison using "like" or "as"
What is an epic simile?
400
Odysseus's mentor
Who is Athena?
400
Hubris
What is Odysseus's epic flaw shown when he tells the Cyclops his real name and where he is from?
400
String a bow & shoot an arrow through 12 axhandle sockets
What is the challenge set forth by Penelope to find the man she is to marry if Odysseus is dead/does not return home?
400
Elpenor
Who is the first dead person to speak to Odysseus?
400
epic hero
Who is Odysseus?
500
10 years
What is how long the Greek and Trojan armies were at war? OR What is how long Odysseus was lost at sea?
500
Brandy wine
What is the peace offering given by Odysseus and his men to Polyphemus, the Cyclops?
500
a beggar
What is Odysseus disguised as before he tries his hand at The Challenge?
500
Killed herself
Who is Odysseus's mother, Anticlea?
500
Athena commands Odysseus and the relatives of the slain suitors to have this between them
What is peace?