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The Cyclops
Odysseus' Tricks
Odysseus' Hubris
Book 10
Circe & Friends
100
The giant Cyclops's name
Who is Polyphemus?
100
He gives the Cyclops this to drink
What is wine?
100
The nearly disastrous result of Odysseus' taunts toward the Cyclops as they depart the island
What is the boat is almost beached?
100
The domain of the god Aeolus
What is King of the Winds?
100
Circe turns most of Odysseus' men into these animals
What are swine (pigs)?
200
The food the Cyclops enjoy eating
What are humans?!
200
The reason Odysseus cannot kill the Cyclops
What is a giant boulder blocking the entrance to the cave?
200
The result of Odysseus claiming he does not need the gods (the punishment of the gods)
What is he is kept from home for ten years?
200
The way Aeolus tries to help Odysseus
What is gives him a bag of wind to help him home?
200
Odysseus is warned by this god of Circe's plot and helps him avoid danger at her hands
Who is Hermes?
300
The animals the Cyclops tends and takes care of
What are sheep?
300
Odysseus' fake name
What is "Nohbody"?
300
When Odysseus and his men first arrive at the cave, the reason Odysseus does not leave the cave
What is he wants to see the monster?
300
The distance (how far away) Odysseus comes to Ithaca
What is close enough to see the watch fires?
300
Giant cannibals who destroy all but one of Odysseus' ships
Who are the Laestrygonians?
400
The Cyclops's father (who he prays to at the end)
Who is Poseidon?
400
What Odysseus does to the Cyclops instead of killing him
What is stabs him in the eye and blinds him?
400
Odysseus reveals this information to the Cyclops as he and his crew depart the island
What is his true name (Odysseus)?
400
The reason Odysseus' crew unties the bag
What is they suspect it has treasure in it that Odysseus is hoarding for himself?
400
The length of time Odysseus stays with Circe before deciding to depart
What is one year?
500
Odysseus says that Zeus will “avenge the unoffending_________” (said during his appeal to the Cyclops to be a good host)
What is guest?
500
How Odysseus escapes the cave unnoticed
What is the bellies of the Cyclops' sheep (holding on and hiding on their undersides)?
500
Angered by Odysseus' taunts, the Cyclops prays to this god that Odysseus not see his homeland for a long time
Who is Poseidon?
500
Aeolus' reaction to Odysseus returning to him for help a second time
What is he refuses to help them and says they are cursed?
500
The domain that Odysseus must visit to consult the blind prophet Tiresias?
What is Hades' domain (the Underworld)?