the odessey - pt 2

Question 1

what happens when odsseus leaves calypso’s island?

Answer 1

he builds a ship and sets out to the island

Question 2

who finds odysseus?

Answer 2

mazichea, the daughter of king alcinous

Question 3

what does odysseus tell king alcinious?

Answer 3

about the shipwreck and his crew and he was stranded, being held b calypso for 8 years

Question 4

what happens at troy?

Answer 4

the men build a horse and put men inside of it

Question 5

why is odysseus weeping?

Answer 5

he longs for his homeland, son, and wife

Question 6

what are the lotus eaters?

Answer 6

when the mean eat the lotus plant and forget about the homeland

Question 7

what does poseidon do, still being upset with odsseus?

Answer 7

unleashes a huge storm that destroys odysseus’ raft, leaving him to drown

Question 8

who offers odysseus a magic drug that will stop cerci’s spell?

Answer 8

hermes

Question 9

what does odysseus to do to try to stop cerci from holding his men hostage?

Answer 9

he runs at her with a sword, making her swear that she won’t harm him

Question 10

what does cerci turn the men into?

Answer 10

pigs

Question 11

what do the men do after they are freed from being pigs?

Answer 11

they stay at the palace for a year and lounge around

Question 12

where does cerci make odysseus visit?

Answer 12

the land of the dead

Question 13

at the land of the dead, what does odysseus do to make the ghosts appear?

Answer 13

he pours the blood of two sheep into the trenches

Question 14

why is poseidon angry?

Answer 14

odysseus blinded cyclopes

Question 15

what is odysseus told NOT to do in the land of the dead?

Answer 15

raid the cattle of the sun gods

Question 16

what do the sirens do?

Answer 16

transfix men with their voices, causing them to shipwreck on the shore

Question 17

what do the men do to block out the siren’s singing?

Answer 17

plug ears with beeswax

Question 18

what are the two monsters

Answer 18

scylla and charybdis

Question 19

what does scylla do (one of the monsters)?

Answer 19

grabs each of odysseus’ men and eats them with her six heads

Question 20

what does charybdis do (one of the monsters)?

Answer 20

makes the whirpool

Question 21

what is the island of the sun god’s cattle?

Answer 21

thia

Question 22

how long are the men stuck on the sun god’s island?

Answer 22

a month

Question 23

what do the men do after they are tired and hungry of eating fish?

Answer 23

they roast a cattle, which they were not supposed to do.

Question 24

what does zeus do after helios complains to him about the men eating the cattle?

Answer 24

he creates a storm

Question 25

what are the adventures of odysseus, in order?

Answer 25

lotus eaters, cyclops, which circe, land of the dead, sirens, scylla and charybdis, cattle of the sun god, calypso's island (LCWLSSCCC)