Odyssey Travels
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100

This god is god of the sea and curses Odysseus's return to home.

Poseidon

100

This nymph held Odysseus on her island for 7 years.

Calypso

100

This monster has six heads and eats men.

Scylla

100

Antinuous is...

One of the ringleader suitors.
100

How long has Odysseus been away?

20 years

200

Odysseus's travels take place in what sea?

The Mediterranean Sea





200

The name of the cyclops that Odysseus blinded.

Polyphemus

200

This is a whirlpool who sucks ships down and spits them out.

Charybdis

200

Calypso offers Odysseus what if he stays with her?

Immortality

200

What does the lotus flower do?

They forget about going home.

300

What makes Odysseus leave home in the first place?

Trojan War

300

The king who listened to Odysseus's story and eventually sent him home.

Alcinous

300

All of the suitors will kill Odysseus if they recognize him, so Athena....

disguises Odysseus as an old beggar.

300

Aeolus gives Odysseus...

Favorable weather and a bag of wind.

300

Why can't Odysseus just kill the cyclops while he's sleeping?

They will be stuck in the cave.

400

Where does Circe send Odysseus for information?

The Underworld

400

She turned Odysseus's men into pigs

Circe

400

The sirens will kill you with their songs, so the men...

plug their ears with wax and tie Odysseus to the ship.

400

This goddess helps Odysseus

Athena

400

What did the men yell as they were being eaten by Scylla?

They cried out for Odysseus.

500

Odysseus and his men make a brief stop at the the land of the Laestrygonians.  What do the Laestygonians do?

They eat some of Odysseus's men.

500

The dog who recognized Odysseus.

Argos

500

What conflict is going on in Ithaca while Odysseus is away?

The suitors have taken over Odysseus's home.  They are drinking his wine and eating his animals and want to marry Penelope.

500

This character tests Odysseus to see if it is really him.

Penelope

500

The olive tree bed represents...

The love Odysseus and Penelope have for eachother.