Plot
Odysseus was away from home fighting in what war?
The Trojan War
Who is our Protagonist?
What did Circe do to Odysseus's men?
She gave them a potion and turned them into pigs
Who is Circe?
The witch, a goddess. She makes magic potions that turn men into animals
What happened on the island of the Lotus Eaters?
Who is Tiresias? Why are we talking about him again?
The blind prophet of Thebes from Oedipus Rex. Odysseus has to travel to the underworld to find him
What gift did Aeolus, god of the wind, give to Odysseus? What happened to the gift?
A bag of wind.
His sailors opened the bag to peek inside, but all the wind came out and blew the ship all the way back
Who and what is Hades?
Hades is the god of the dead, the underworld is also called Hades
How did Odysseus defeat the cyclops and save his surviving men?
What did Odysseus tell the cyclops his name was and what happened when he told the cyclops his real name?
He got the cyclops drunk and then they stabbed out his eye. He and his men snuck out underneath the bellies of the sheep
Odysseus called himself "no man." When he told the cyclops his real name the cyclops prayed to his father Poseidon and had Odysseus cursed
What is the name of Odysseus's wife and of his son?
Penelope (wife) and Telemachus (son)