Odyssey Characters and Relationships
This god/goddess had the idea to help Odysseus come home.
Athena
Where is Odysseus' home?
How Odysseus escape Polyphemus?
He told him his name was No-man. He had his men stab him in the eye and cloak themselves with the hides of the sheep.
How long is Odysseus away from home?
20 years
How many times did Telemachus attempt to string the bow?
3
King Aeolus is the god of...
winds
How long is Odysseus and his men on Circe's Island
1 year
How does Odysseus resist the sirens?
He has his men tie him to his boat while he listens.
What happens to the maids and who makes the decision?
The maids are hung, and Telemachus makes the decision.
Why does Calypso think it is unfair that she has to let Odysseus go home?
The gods can have as many lovers as they want.
This is one of Odysseus' men. He is critical of many of Odysseus' choices.
Eurylochus
Who give Odysseus' men a plant that keeps them in a trance?
What does Achilles tell Odysseus?
It is better to have been a workman than the king of the dead.
Who was tortured and killed for helping the suitors?
Melanthius
Where did Odysseus' bow come from?
It was a gift given to him by Iphitus
Who is Odysseus' old maid?
Eurycleia
By the end of Book 12, how many survivors are there?
1, Odysseus
What giant cannibals destroy at least half of Odysseus' ships?
Laestrygonians
How does Odysseus identify himself when he returns home?
How many suitors are there?
108
Who gives Odysseus a prophecy in the underworld?
Tiresias
He will travel through many cities carrying an oar. He will meet someone who will call the object on his back a winnowing fan. And then he must fix the oar to the earth and make a sacrifice to Poseidon.
In Book 24, Odysseus prepares to fight the families of the suitors. Who is with him and who makes the first move?
Telemachus, Laertes, 2 Slaves, Dolius, and Dolius' 6 sons
Who does Odysseus save during his rampage with the suitors?
The poet, Phemius & the house boy, Medon
How did Odysseus get his scar?
It was made by a boar's white tusk when he went to hunt on Mount Parnassus with his cousins