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Gods
Goddesses
Odysseus
Penelope
Themes and Symbols
100
The God of the Sea
Who is Poseidon
100
The Goddess of Wisdom
Who is Athena?
100
Odysseus spends 20 years trying to get back to this city
What is Ithaca?
100
She waits this many years for the return of her beloved husband
What is 20?
100
The fact that Penelope waited 20 years and Odysseus never stopped trying to get home
What is persistence?
200
The Messenger of the Gods
Who is Hermes?
200
The Goddess of the Underworld
Who is Persephone
200
The giant wooden figure used in the Trojan war was the shape of this animal
What is a horse?
200
She stalls the suitors buy doing this
What is working on a tapestry?
200
Athena admires Odysseus for this quality. She says it's something that many men lack.
What is cunning or cleverness?
300
The God of the underworld
Who is Hades?
300
The Goddess of Love and Beauty
Who is Aphrodite?
300
The Goddess who wanted to marry Odysseus and make him immortal
Who is Calypso?
300
The trusted maid of Penelope
Who is Eurycleia?
300
This theme is represented in book 9 when Odysseus and his men encounter the Cyclops
What is intelligence/wit over strength?
400
The Supreme Ruler of the Gods
Who is Zeus?
400
The Goddess who turns men into pigs
Who is Circe?
400
Odysseus' weapon of choice for killing the suitors
What is a bow
400
She hides here while Odysseus and Telemachus slaughter the suitors
What is the maid's chambers?
400
This is the symbol of hospitality. When travelers visit they are given this in exchange of their storytelling
What is food?
500
The God of the Sun
Who is Helios?
500
The Goddess of the sea and wife of Poseidon
Who is Amphrite?
500
The number of ax handles Odysseus shoots an arrow through
What is 12?
500
The number of men Penelope slept with while Odysseus was away?
What is zero?
500
This is the symbol of Penelope and Odysseus' marriage. Only one maid has ever seen it and it is unable to be moved.
What is their bed?