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Which way to Ithaca?
100

Drug addicted Flower eaters?

Who are the Lotus eaters?

100
The goddess that always looks out for her boy, Odysseus
Who is Athena?
100
After eating these fruits, Odysseus' men no longer wish to go home
What are the lotus flowers?
100

To hide like a coward

What is to cower?

100
Odysseus has to try to sail between these characters that represent difficult choices.

Who are Scylla and Charybdis?

200

The name of the Cyclops who ate Odysseus' men?

Who is Polyphemus?

200

God of the Sun.  Loves his cows!

Who is Helios?

200

Odysseus's crew member who tells the rest of the crew to eat the Sun God Cattle.

Who is Eurylochus?

200

What we call the main character of a story.

What is a protagonist?

200

Cyclops tries to sink Odysseus' ship with this.

What is the top of a hill or giant rock?

300
Maidens with beautiful singing voices and cause men to steer their ships off course
Who are Sirens?
300
King of the Gods

Who is Zues?

300
For how long is Odysseus away from home?
What is 20 years?
300

This word means to be famous: Cower, Impudence, Renown?

What is Renown?

300

This god tells Zues to throw a lightning bolt at Odysseus' ship because the crew eats this god's cattle.

Who is Helios?

400

Six-headed snake monster

Who is Scylla?

400
This god is out to get Odysseus to avenge his son's injury
Who is Poseidon?
400

The war that Odysseus fights for 10 years before starting home.  

What is the Trojan War?

400

Homer uses this extended device to compare two unlike things

What is an Epic simile?

400

What is the name of the author of the Odyssey?

Who is Homer?

500
A giant whirlpool/maelstrom
Who is Charybdis?
500
This is the goddess of defensive warfare.

Who is Athena?

500
This is Odysseus' son who waits at home in Ithaca for his return
Who is Telemachus?
500
A long poem, typically derived from oral tradition
What is an epic?
500

What is one rude thing the suitors did in The Odyssey?

What is tried to steal Penelope or eat all of Odysseus' food or treat people badly?