Monsters
Gods
Odysseus
Challenges
Ithaca
100
Cyclops, Sirens, Calypso, the witch Circe, the Lotus Eaters, Scylla, Charybdis.
What were 3 of the monsters that Odysseus faced?
100
Poseidon, Zeus, Athena, Hermes, Helios.
What is one god mentioned in the Odyssey?
100
Odysseus
Who is the main character?
100
They were trapped in the cyclops's lair and couldn't get out because the boulder was to heavy.
What was the challenge Odysseus and his men faced when they were on the island of the cyclops?
100
Ithaca
What is the name of Odysseus's homeland?
200
He stabbed it in the eye and escaped the lair when the blinded cyclops opened his cave door to let his herd out.
What did Odysseus do to escape the Cyclops's lair?
200
Poseidon
What is the name of the god of the sea and how do you spell it?
200
Telemachus
Who is the son of Odysseus?
200
Poseidon?
What god made it a challenge for Odysseus and his men to get home to Ithaca?
200
The Suitors
Who is invading Odysseus's kingdom and trying to take his wife?
300
The Lotus Eaters.
What was the first monster Odysseus faced?
300
Odysseus
Who was Athena's champion?
300
To see his wife.
Why did Odysseus even bother trying to get home?
300
The Suitors
What was Odysseus's last challenge?
300
They want Odysseus's wife and kingdom.
What do the Suitors want?
400
Calypso.
Who kept Odysseus against his will for many years?
400
Polyphemus
Who was the child of Poseidon from the Odyssey?
400
Penelope
What is the name of Odysseus's wife and how do you spell it?
400
His men opened it believing that Odysseus was hiding treasures from them and that he wasn't going to share any with them. When they opened it all the winds came out and blew them off course once more.
What happened to the bag of the winds that Odysseus had?
400
They believed he had died on his journey home.
What did the Suitors believe about Odysseus's fate in troy?
500
The Lotus Eaters, the cyclops, and the witch Circe.
What were the first three monsters Odysseus faced?
500
Helios
Who was the god that the cattle belonged to whom Odysseus's men slaughtered?
500
Telemachus
Who from Ithaca sailed out to find Odysseus?
500
20 years
How many years did it take Odysseus to get home?
500
A beggar.
What did Athena disguise Odysseus as when he returned to Ithaca?