What is coming up with the idea to build the Trojan horse?
100
the reason Calypso released Odysseus from the island
What is Athena convinced Zeus to let Odysseus go?
100
definition of a quest
What is a journey towards a goal or "boon"? BONUS: What is Odysseus' quest?
100
Penelope's weapon in staving off the suitors
What is a woven tapestry that when finished will indicate the time to take a husband?
200
Two of the things that myths explain.
What are natural phenomena; origins of gods and man; origins of religious ritual;
200
the trait that gets Odysseus in the most trouble
What is hubris? or extreme pride or arrogance
200
Polyphemus' prayer to Posiedon
What is that Odysseus never return home and that all of his men will die?
200
how Odysseus and his men escaped the sirens
What is plugging the men's ears with wax and tying Odysseus to the ship's mast?
200
Argus and his symbolism
What is Odysseus' dog and the symbolism of the degradation of his kingdom?
300
The goddesses of inspiration.
Who are the muses?
300
the people Odysseus tells his tale to
Who is Alcinous and his court?
300
Eris, Goddess of Discord
Whose actions led to the Trojan War?
300
the sailor's rationalization for killing Helios' cattle
What is that it's better to die at sea than to die of starvation?
300
how Telemachus acts when he first sees his father
What is disbelief because Odysseus is disguised as a beggar?
400
The definition of in media res and how it fits in The Odyssey
What is beginning a story in the middle of the action? The Odyssey begins with Odysseus at Alcinous' court telling about his adventures and still trying to get home.
400
Zeus' father
Who is Cronus? BONUS: What happens to him?
400
Tireseas' warning and foretelling
What is the warning not to harm Helios' cattle or else all the men will perish?
400
how the remaining sailors die in the epic
What is being killed in a storm sent by Zeus after Helios found out the men ate his kine? BONUS: How do the men die in the movie?
400
what Euymachus offers Odysseus if he stops his revenge
What is repayment for the food and drink?
500
After them the attackers wheeled, as terrible as falcons
from eyries in the mountains veering over and diving down
with talons wide unsheathed on flights of birds,
who cower down the sky in chutes and bursts along the
valley...
So these now fell upon the suitors in that hall...
What is epic simile
500
Values expressed in The Odyssey
What are the laws of hospitality, the importance of home, the relations with the gods, loyalty, wit and intelligence?
500
three people Odysseus meets in the underworld
Who are his mother, Tireseas, and....
500
how Polyphemus hears of Odysseus
What is a prophecy that Odysseus would blind him?
500
where Odysseus comes from as he returns home
Where is Scheria, island of the Phonecians and the kingdom of Alcinous?