Odyssey

Question 1

Cowherd, servant to Odysseus

Answer 1

Mentor

Question 2

Cyclops blinded by Odysseus

Answer 2

Polyphemus

Question 3

Female monster who creates whirlpools

Answer 3

Cheribis

Question 4

Female sea monster with six serpent heads

Answer 4

Scilla

Question 5

Home of Circe

Answer 5

Aeaea

Question 6

Home of Odysseus

Answer 6

Ithaca

Question 7

Housekeeper for Penelope

Answer 7

Eurynome

Question 8

Island of King Alcinous

Answer 8

Phaeacia

Question 9

King of Ithaca

Answer 9

Odysseus

Question 10

Odysseus’ son; he searched for his father at the courts of both Nestor and Menelaus

Answer 10

Telemachaus

Question 11

One eyed Giants and sons of Poseidon

Answer 11

Cyclops

Question 12

People who battled Odysseus and his men on the journey home

Answer 12

Laestrygons

Question 13

People who feed Odysseus lotus plants to make him forget Ithaca

Answer 13

Lotus eaters

Question 14

Sea goddess who kept Odysseus prisoner

Answer 14

Clypso

Question 15

Sea nymphs who lure sailors to rocks and death

Answer 15

Sirens

Question 16

Swine herd and friend of Odysseus

Answer 16

Eumaeus

Question 17

Wife of Hades

Answer 17

Persephone

Question 18

Dark area of underworld

Answer 18

Hades

Question 19

Drowned when he claimed the sea could not kill him

Answer 19

Ajax the lesser

Question 20

Goddess who advised Telemachus and Odysseus

Answer 20

Athena

Question 21

Leader of suitors to Penelope

Answer 21

Antinous

Question 22

Odysseus’ father; Penelope used the making of his funeral shroud to put off her suitors

Answer 22

Laertes

Question 23

Odysseus’ old nurse; she recognized the scar on his leg when he returned home

Answer 23

Eurycleia

Question 24

Odysseus’ wife; always faithful and waited patiently for his return

Answer 24

Penelope

Question 25

Stirred up the sea so that the Greeks were scattered

Answer 25

Poseidon

Question 26

Witch goddess turns Odysseus' men into swine

Answer 26

Circe