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Books I-III
Books I-III
Books I-III
Books I-III
Double Jeopardy
100
She is a goddess and aids the Greeks. She disguises herself when she appears to Telemachus.
Who is the grey-eyed goddess, Athena?
100
Telemachus goes to visit these two kings to find out information about his father.
Who are Nestor of Pylos and Menelaus of Sparta?
100
He placed the staff in the young prince, Telemachus', hands when he spoke to the suitors.
Who is Peisenor?
100
Antinous has a suggestion for Telemachus which is quite bold, in that he is a guest in Telemachus' home.
What is send your mother to her father, Icarius, until she makes a decision so that we will go away and eat his food rather than yours?
100
Greeks are very hospitable people and offer hospitality to every stranger in the chance they may be a god. Before they eat, Greeks offer a cup of wine or a thighbone as a sacrifice to the gods.
What is a libation?
200
He is the son of Odysseus and Penelope. He has not seen his father since he left for the Trojan War approximately twenty years ago.
Who is Telemachus?
200
She accompanies Telemachus in a disguise on his journey to find out information about his father.
Who is Athena?
200
Telemachus' purpose in calling the assembly at Ithaca was . . .
What is he wanted to take charge for the first time and tell the suitors to go home and wait for Penelope's decision on whom she would marry?
200
Penelope is creating and weaving a death shroud for Odysseus' father.
Who is Laertes?
200
In getting ready for his voyage, Athena was a great help to Telemachus. She asked Noeman for his ship, gathered the sailors to sail her, and then shed "sweet sleep" on the suitors. Telemachus readied himself by gathering food and drink and asking for silence.
What is asking Eurycleia to gather twelve wine jars, twenty quarts of ground barley meal and not to say a word about the trip to Penelope?
300
In disguise-a Taphian sea captain, but in reality-a goddess.
Who is Athena?
300
These men are waiting for Penelope to make a decision about which of them she will marry.
Who are the suitors?
300
Penelope's crafty plan of deception--to weave during the day and unweave at night--was leaked to the suitors by one of her maids. Who was the maid?
Who is Melantho?
300
When the eagles swooped down on the suitors, one wise man read the sign as a signal that the suitors would be destroyed.
Who was Halitherses,the oracle and reader of bird signs?
300
When Telemachus' ship arrives at Pylos, the townspeople are sacrificing. The sacrifice adds irony to the story because the god to whom they are sacrificing is the one who is responsible for keeping Odysseus from his Ithacan home.
Who is Poseidon, the god of the seas and earthquakes?
400
This is Penelope's plan for delaying her decision to pick a new husband.
What is weaving Laertes' shroud all day and unweaving it at night?
400
This is the final chapter of Agamemnon's return from Troy to Mycenae.
What is death by the hand of his wife, Clytemnestra, and her lover, Aeghistus?
400
When Telemachus addresses the suitors and blames them for the state of affairs in Ithaca, Antinous, one of the suitors and their spokesperson, says that Telemachus should blame someone else.
Who is Penelope?
400
After Telemachus speaks to the suitors, he prays to Athena and she appears disguised, yet again.
Who is Mentor, the old man Odyseus put in charge of his home when he left for Troy?
400
When Athena goes to plead Odysseus' case to her father, Zeus, the god, Poseidon, who is angry at Odysseus is away.
Where is Ethiopia?
500
This is the name that we give to the first four books of The Odyssey because it is about Telemachus and his journey.
What is The Telemachy?
500
This is the avenger of Agamemnon's murder who had to wait until he was a man to get his revenge.
Who is Orestes, Agamemnon's son?
500
After Telemachus threatened the suitors, Zeus responded in a very clear sign.
What was the eagles coming down and pecking at the suitors indicating that they were doomed?
500
After Telemachus addresses the suitors and the eagles come down as a sign from Zeus, Telemachus prays to Athena and she, disguised as Mentor, makes a prediction.
What is the suitors are doomed to die in one day.
500
Tell the story of the love triangle of Agamemnon, his wife, and her lover which is woven into The Odyssey many times.
What is the murder plot against Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, his wife, and Aeghistus, Clytemnestra's lover as avenged by Orestes, their son?