Pre-Odyssey Background
Greek warrior who come up with the clever plan that help him win the Trojan War
Who is Odysseus?
The king of the gods; god of thunder and the skies; sired (created) numerous demigods
Who is Zeus?
the most likely author of both The Iliad and The Odyssey
Who is Homer?
the name Odysseus uses when the cyclops asks him his name
Who is Nohbdy?
Odysseus was gone for _____________ years trying to return to Ithaca after he and his crew left the beaches of Troy.
What is 10 years?
The prop used to trick the Trojans into thinking the Greeks have surrendered and given them a peace offering.
What is the Trojan horse?
Queen of the gods; married to the god Zeus; commonly tests the characters of mortals; hates demigods because they are the result of adultery
Who is Hera?
What is Ithaca?
Name of the enchantress who turns Odysseus' men into swine; holds Odysseus on her island for one year
Who is Circe?
Name of the enchantress who turns Odysseus' men into swine; holds Odysseus on her island for one year.
Who is Circe?
Name of the god who holds a grudge against Odysseus for his clever plan to overthrow the city of Troy
Who is Poseidon?
The goddess of military strategy and wisdom who sided with and helped Odysseus win the battle against Penelope's suitors
Who is Athena?
the fallen goddess who falls in love with and holds Odysseus on her island for seven years until Zeus sends her a command to release him
Who is Calypso?
What is the Land of the Dead?
What is the Underworld?
This individual gave Odysseus a very special bag of something that allowed him to come within a few hundred yards of Ithaca. This is what happens to the bag. This is where Odysseus and his men end up.
Who is Aeolus? What is that his men open the bag? Where is the Island of Aeolus (Aeolia)?
Woman named the "face that launched a thousand ships"; often credited as the reason the Trojan War began
Who is Helen of Troy?
God of music, poetry, art, prophecy, archery, medicine, light, and the sun; Roman name is the same as his Greek name
Who is Apollo?
What is the Lotus flower?
The three various monsters of the seas that Odysseus and his men face (all 3 in the order in which they appear)
Who are the Sirens?
Who is Scylla?
Who is Charybdis?
A six-headed monster that Odysseus cannot avoid.
What is Scylla?
Who is Achilles?
the god who works primarily under Zeus; he was sent to Earth to command the fallen goddess to release Odysseus from her island after holding him there for seven years
Who is Hermes?
The name of the cyclops that entraps Odysseus and his men inside his cave; the cyclops' father is the god Poseidon
Who is Polyphemus?
Threatens to take away the sun and shine it among the dead in the Underworld if the king of the gods does not punish Odysseus' men for eating his cattle
Who is Helios, the Sun God?
Odysseus sees this individual first when he gets to the Underworld. This is how the individual died.
Who is Elpenor and what is that he fell off the roof and broke his neck?