Books I-XV

Question 1

Laestrygonian king; ate Odysseus’ scout; wife was a mountain -sized giantess

Answer 1

Antiphates

Question 2

old man of the sea; an immortal Egyptian able to charge shape at will

Answer 2

Proteus

Question 3

son of Polybus; a leading suitor and Ithacon

Answer 3

Eurymachus

Question 4

“Come here, renowned …”

Answer 4

Sirens’ song

Question 5

loyal servant of Penelope; herald in Odysseus’ house; suitors’ favorite servant

Answer 5

Medon

Question 6

plain at the end of the world where virtuous heroes go at death

Answer 6

Elysium

Question 7

son of Eupeithes; Ithacon leader of the suitors; suitor Penelope hates most

Answer 7

Antinous

Question 8

Odysseus’ mother; seems that she killed herself, which is what tradition says

Answer 8

Anticlea

Question 9

“Poor unhappy stranger …”

Answer 9

Eumaeus to the beggar

Question 10

prophet/seer; Persephone granted him understanding even in the Underworld

Answer 10

Teiresias

Question 11

famous sailors and traders who Odysseus claimed had helped him

Answer 11

Phoenicians

Question 12

king of the Cyclopes; son of Poseidon and Thoosa; blinded to Odysseus

Answer 12

Polyphemus

Question 13

“Let us ask the stranger …”

Answer 13

Laodamas to Euryalus (about Odysseus)

Question 14

relative of Odysseus; second in command of the men of Ithaca

Answer 14

Eurylochus

Question 15

the sun god; a Titan sometimes referred to as Helios

Answer 15

Hyperion

Question 16

daughter of Atlas; nymph on the island of Ogygia

Answer 16

Calypso

Question 17

clan of one-eyed giants who herded sheep and goats, had no farms or ships

Answer 17

Cyclopes

Question 18

Cyclops blinded by Odysseus; a son of Poseidon and Thoosa

Answer 18

Polyphemes

Question 19

two singers in a field of flowers whose song enchanted men, drawing them to the field where they rotted away listening

Answer 19

Sirens

Question 20

“I often grieve, as I sit here in my house …”

Answer 20

Menelaus to Telemachus and Pisistratus

Question 21

favorite and oldest son of Alcinous; best-looking Phaeacian

Answer 21

Laodamas

Question 22

“They say the Myrmidons…”

Answer 22

Nestor to Telemachus

Question 23

Trojan allies who lived in Thrace in the city of Ismarus; Odysseus raided them

Answer 23

Cicones

Question 24

“Your wife still remains …”

Answer 24

Anticlea to Odysseus

Question 25

goddess who lived on Aeaea; daughter of Hyperion, the sun god

Answer 25

Circe

Question 26

“*I am not fond of crying* …”

Answer 26

Pisistratus to Menelaus

Question 27

“*May heaven grant you …*”

Answer 27

Odysseus to Nausicaa

Question 28

“*Firstly, then, I will tell you my name …*”

Answer 28

Odysseus son of Laertes, from Ithaca, to the Phaeacians

Question 29

father of Penelope; brother of Tyndareus; uncle of Helen and Clytemnestra

Answer 29

Icarius

Question 30

son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; killed Aegisthus and his mother to avenge his father's death

Answer 30

Orestes

Question 31

swineherd of Odysseus who faithfully raised his pigs in his absence

Answer 31

Eumaeus

Question 32

seer & descendant of Melampus, who competed for Pero, Nestor's sister

Answer 32

Theoclymenus

Question 33

youngest son of Nestor who, like Telemachus, was too young to go to Troy

Answer 33

Pisistratus

Question 34

“*We must see*…”

Answer 34

King Alcinous to his councilors

Question 35

daughter of Rhexenor; niece and wife of Alcinous

Answer 35

Arete

Question 36

“*Sir, and all of you, farewell …*”

Answer 36

Odysseus to Alcinous and the Phaeacians

Question 37

a weeding gift from Penelope's father; father of Melanthius and Melantho

Answer 37

Dolius

Question 38

“*If Odysseus is the man* …”

Answer 38

Athene disguised as Mentes to Telemachus

Question 39

eating lotus made them - and their visitors - forget home and want to stay their forever

Answer 39

lotus-eaters

Question 40

“*Sons are seldom …*”

Answer 40

Athene disguised as Mentor to Telemachus

Question 41

“*Tell me … of that ingenious hero …*”

Answer 41

Homer to the Muse

Question 42

daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete who soon hoped to marry

Answer 42

Nausicaa