The Odyssey Final Review

A brave and noble character in an epic poem, admired for great achievements - example - Odysseus

What happens to Elpenor?

Greeks believed the gods regularly interacted with humans, often taking human form, and often meddled in their lives.

The god/goddess that helps Odysseus the most is Athena.

What or who did Odysseus use to win the Trojan war?

What is Odysseus' act of hubris as he leaves Polyphemus' island?

Who is the Greek goddess of love and beauty?

Odysseus enters Ithaca disguised as a beggar.

How does Penelope test Odysseus' identity?

What is the advise that Nestor gives Telemachus?

Who or what started the Trojan War?

Scylla is a giant whirlpool which will destroy an entire ship if it gets too close.

Which of Odysseus' men is responsible for constantly going against Odysseus' wishes?

Menelaus is the King of Sparta, brother of Agamemnon, and husband of Helen.

Where is the home of the gods in Greek mythology?

A long poem, usually from the oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroes.

How long does Odysseus stay on Calypso's island?

Zeus is the king of the gods of the ancient Greeks.

Laertes is Odysseus' father.

What is a message or sign sent by the gods, meant to tell the future.

Odysseus spares the lives of the maidservants who betray him.

Who is a sea nymph who detains Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for seven years?

Agamemnon is killed by Aigisthos.

Calypso turns the men into swine (pigs) when they land on her island.

Who is the author of The Odyssey?

Odysseus must appease Poseidon by walking to where people people do not know the sea and make a sacrifice.

Odysseus and his crew escape from Polyphemus by tying themselves to the belly of cows.

Who is the king of Pylos who helps the Greeks in the Trojan War?

Xenia is the belief in gracious hospitality.

Odysseus' men eat the cattle of Helios.

Eumaeus is Odysseus' nurse.

Who leaves with Paris for Troy and starts the Trojan War?

The underworld where people go when they die is called Hubris, according to Greek mythology.

Who is the Queen of the gods - the goddess of marriage and family?

Who is the god of the sea, water, and earthquakes?

Who is the messenger of the Greek gods and son of Zeus?

Detailed and dramatic simile that continues for many lines.

What disguise did Athena use most often to interact with Telemachus?

What trick does Penelope use with the shroud she is weaving?

Who has an affair with Agamemnon's wife and kills Agamemnon?

Antinuous is the most ill behaved suitor of Penelope.

Who was the King of Mycenae who was betrayed by his wife and her lover while he was at war?

Who caused the start of the Trojan War?

What is a poet, traditionally one reciting epics and associated with the oral tradition?

Calypso is the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare; daughter of Zeus.

Hermes warns Odysseus about Circe's intentions before he reaches his men.

The Phaeacians treat Odysseus with poor hospitality.

Who is the Greek god of the sun?

Odysseus lives in Troy.

The Trojan war was fought over Menelaus's wife, Helen.

Who is asked to judge which of the goddesses is the fairest. He chooses Aphrodite.

How long did the Trojan war last?

Who is Poseidon's son?

Charybdis is a six-headed monster; each head will eat a man from a ship as it passes her cave.

How does Odysseus navigate the Sirens?

What is the idea that events are predetermined and will develop in a way beyond a person's control?

Which god is killed by Paris with an arrow through his heel?

Which sacred rule of the gods does Polyphemus break upon meeting Odysseus and his men?

Odysseus first reveals his true identity to...

What is the contest Penelope sets up for the suitors?

Circe tells Odysseus and his men they must go to Troy to seek a blind prophet.

Aiolos gives Odysseus a bag of fire.

While in Phaeacia, Odysseus enjoys hearing the tales of the Trojan War.

What happens to the crew who eat the lotus flowers?

How does Eurycleia discover Odysseus' identity?

Odysseus and his men stay with Calypso one year.

Who does Odysseus meet in Phaeacia?

Why is Telemachus angry at the beginning of The Odyssey?

Odysseus is considered the greatest hero of the Trojan War.

Example: Rosy-fingered Dawn

With whom does Odysseus stay upon his return to Ithaca?

What object caused the start of the Trojan War?

The Odyssey begins In Medias Res.

The maidservants are punished by having to clean up the dead bodies of the suitors.

In Medias Res is Latin for "In the Middle."