Books I-XX

Question 1

“We must see…”

Answer 1

King Alcinous to his councilors

Question 2

nickname of Ithaca’s common tramp Arnaeus; a glutton and drunkard

Answer 2

Irus

Question 3

“Come here, renowned …”

Answer 3

Sirens’ song

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Teiresias

Question 5

“Poor unhappy stranger …”

Answer 5

Eumaeus to the beggar

Question 6

son of Polybus; a leading suitor and Ithacon

Answer 6

Eurymachus

Question 7

“Your wife still remains …”

Answer 7

Anticlea to Odysseus

Question 8

swineherd of Odysseus who faithfully raised his pigs in his absence

Answer 8

Eumaeus

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Circe

Question 10

“Sons are seldom …”

Answer 10

Athene disguised as Mentor to Telemachus

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Antinous

Question 12

“Sir, and all of you, farewell …”

Answer 12

Odysseus to Alcinous and the Phaeacians

Question 13

daughter of Atlas; nymph on the island of Ogygia

Answer 13

Calypso

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Medon

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Dolius

Question 16

“Sweethearts, Odysseus is indeed dead …”

Answer 16

Penelope to “the beggar”

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Odysseus son of Laertes, from Ithaca, to the Phaeacians

Question 18

“They say the Myrmidons…”

Answer 18

Nestor to Telemachus

Question 19

Cyclops blinded by Odysseus; a son of Poseidon and Thoosa

Answer 19

Polyphemes

Question 20

“Let us ask the stranger …”

Answer 20

Laodamas to Euryalus (about Odysseus)

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Antiphates

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Pisistratus

Question 23

a course and wealthy suitor from Same who insults “the beggar.”

Answer 23

Ctesippus

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Sirens

Question 25

“*May Zeus the king of heaven* …”

Answer 25

Theoclymenus ot Penelope

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Elysium

Question 27

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

Answer 27

lotus-eaters

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Orestes

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Nausicaa

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Menelaus to Telemachus and Pisistratus

Question 31

stockman of Odysseus in charge of the cattle and goats

Answer 31

Philoetius

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Theoclymenus

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Cicones

Question 34

daughter of Rhexenor; niece and wife of Alcinous

Answer 34

Arete

Question 35

the sun god; a Titan sometimes referred to as Helios

Answer 35

Hyperion

Question 36

“*If Odysseus is the man* …”

Answer 36

Athene disguised as Mentes to Telemachus

Question 37

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

Answer 37

Cyclopes

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Eurylochus

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Polyphemus

Question 40

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

Answer 40

Icarius

Question 41

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

Answer 41

Homer to the Muse

Question 42

Ithacam and faithful servant of Odysseus; a herald of the Greeks at Troy

Answer 42

Eurybates

Question 43

“*Unhappy men, what is it* …”

Answer 43

Theoclymenus to the suitors

Question 44

favorite and oldest son of Alcinous; best-looking Phaeacian

Answer 44

Laodamas

Question 45

goatherd and son of Dolius, the servant Penelope's father gave her

Answer 45

Melanthius

Question 46

son of Nisus, king of Dulichium; most agreeable suitor to Penelope because he was “a man of good natural disposition”

Answer 46

Amphinomus

Question 47

Penelope's maid; raised by Penelope; Eurymachus' girlfriend

Answer 47

Melantho

Question 48

“*May heaven grant you …*”

Answer 48

Odysseus to Nausicaa

Question 49

elderly head waiting woman who was faithful to Penelope

Answer 49

Eurynome

Question 50

“*Man is the vainest* …”

Answer 50

Odysseus to Amphinomus

Question 51

“*I am not fond of crying* …”

Answer 51

Pisistratus to Menelaus

Question 52

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

Answer 52

Proteus

Question 53

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

Answer 53

Anticlea

Question 54

“*So you are come …*”

Answer 54

Eumaeus to Telemachus

Question 55

famous sailors and traders who Odysseus claimed had helped him

Answer 55

Phoenicians