Books I-XXII

Question 1

“They say the Myrmidons…”

Answer 1

Nestor to Telemachus

Question 2

“Tell me … of that ingenious hero …”

Answer 2

Homer to the Muse

Question 3

“May Zeus the king of heaven …”

Answer 3

Theoclymenus ot Penelope

Question 4

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

Answer 4

lotus-eaters

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Odysseus son of Laertes, from Ithaca, to the Phaeacians

Question 6

“Sons are seldom …”

Answer 6

Athene disguised as Mentor to Telemachus

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Nausicaa

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Dolius

Question 9

“If Odysseus is the man …”

Answer 9

Athene disguised as Mentes to Telemachus

Question 10

favorite and oldest son of Alcinous; best-looking Phaeacian

Answer 10

Laodamas

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Medon

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Ctesippus

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Proteus

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Amphinomus

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Cicones

Question 16

famous sailors and traders who Odysseus claimed had helped him

Answer 16

Phoenicians

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Orestes

Question 18

“So you are come …”

Answer 18

Eumaeus to Telemachus

Question 19

“I am not fond of crying …”

Answer 19

Pisistratus to Menelaus

Question 20

swineherd of Odysseus who faithfully raised his pigs in his absence

Answer 20

Eumaeus

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Elysium

Question 22

“Come here, renowned …”

Answer 22

Sirens’ song

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Circe

Question 24

daughter of Rhexenor; niece and wife of Alcinous

Answer 24

Arete

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Teiresias

Question 26

“*May heaven grant you …*”

Answer 26

Odysseus to Nausicaa

Question 27

“*Your wife still remains …*”

Answer 27

Anticlea to Odysseus

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Pisistratus

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Eurylochus

Question 30

daughter of Atlas; nymph on the island of Ogygia

Answer 30

Calypso

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Sirens

Question 32

“*Cease shooting for the present …*”

Answer 32

Odysseus as the beggar, to the suitors

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Icarius

Question 34

Cyclops blinded by Odysseus; a son of Poseidon and Thoosa

Answer 34

Polyphemes

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Melantho

Question 36

“*Man is the vainest* …”

Answer 36

Odysseus to Amphinomus

Question 37

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

Answer 37

Theoclymenus

Question 38

“*Poor unhappy stranger* …”

Answer 38

Eumaeus to the beggar

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Melanthius

Question 40

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

Answer 40

Polyphemus

Question 41

“*Unhappy men, what is it* …”

Answer 41

Theoclymenus to the suitors

Question 42

“*Sir, and all of you, farewell …*”

Answer 42

Odysseus to Alcinous and the Phaeacians

Question 43

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

Answer 43

Irus

Question 44

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

Answer 44

Antinous

Question 45

son of Polybus; a leading suitor and Ithacon

Answer 45

Eurymachus

Question 46

“*We must see*…”

Answer 46

King Alcinous to his councilors

Question 47

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

Answer 47

Anticlea

Question 48

the sun god; a Titan sometimes referred to as Helios

Answer 48

Hyperion

Question 49

elderly head waiting woman who was faithful to Penelope

Answer 49

Eurynome

Question 50

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

Answer 50

Eurybates

Question 51

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

Answer 51

Cyclopes

Question 52

“*Sweethearts, Odysseus is indeed dead …*”

Answer 52

Penelope to “the beggar”

Question 53

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

Answer 53

Antiphates

Question 54

“*Let us ask the stranger …*”

Answer 54

Laodamas to Euryalus (about Odysseus)

Question 55

“*Dogs, did you think …*”

Answer 55

Odysseus to the suitors

Question 56

stockman of Odysseus in charge of the cattle and goats

Answer 56

Philoetius

Question 57

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

Answer 57

Menelaus to Telemachus and Pisistratus