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Helen’s husband; king of Sparta
What is Menelaus
100
Home of Odysseus
What is Ithaca
100
Event which caused Odysseus to anger Poseidon
What is poking Polyphemous' eye out
100
"Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy."
What is invocation
100
God of the sun; owner of the cattle which Odysseus’s men ate
What is Apollo
200
Prophet of the underworld
What is Tiresias
200
Island we find Odysseus at the beginning of the poem
What is Ogygia
200
The purpose of Telemachus' quest
What is to find information about Odysseus
200
Little Ajax's death is an example
What is hubris
200
Odysseus’s mother who died while he was away from Ithaca
What is Anticleia
300
Cyclops who captured Odysseus and his men and was blinded by them
What is Polyphemous
300
Sites Telemachus visits on his quest
What is Pylos and Sparta
300
The sign is witnessed by the entire assembly when Telemachus calls upon Zeus for justice in Book II
What is two eagles flying overhead
300
The Cyclops shows no concern for this important custom
What is xenia
300
The two dangers Odysseus faces in Book 12
What is Scylla and Charybdis
400
Leader of Greeks during Trojan war; murdered by his wife and her lover
What is Agamemnon
400
Where the war Odysseus fought in took place
What is Troy
400
How Odysseus is able to escape the fate of Circe and turn his friends back into men
What is Hermes' interruption
400
The major theme of the Odyssey
What is Nostos
400
Homer frequently uses this device in his poetry
What is epithet
500
A legendary figure Odysseus meets in the Underworld; he is doomed to thirst and hunger for trying to feed the gods his son
What is Tantalus
500
The island Odysseus washes up to and meets Nausicaa
What is Phaecia/Scheria
500
What is happening in Lacedaemon when Telemachus arrives
What is a double-wedding feast
500
The concept of glory which can be transferred from father to son
What is kleos
500
The rhythmic meter of the Odyssey
What is dactylic hexameter