The Odyssey

Question 1

Penelope

Answer 1

• Wife of Odysseus
• Mother of Telemachus
• Hit on by the suitors

Question 2

Odysseus

Answer 2

• Smart
• Man of word/Action
• Willful
• Compatent

Question 3

Telemachus

Answer 3

-Son of Odysseus/Penelope

Question 4

Poseidon

Answer 4

God of water and sea

Brother to Zeus

Question 5

Melaneus

Answer 5

Helen’s Husband

Fought beside Odysseus in Trojan War

Question 6

Zeus

Answer 6

God Of Gods
Father of Athena
Brother to Poseidon,Hades

Question 7

Agamemnon

Answer 7

Brother to Melaneus

Question 8

Hades

Answer 8

Brother to Zeus and Posiedon

Question 9

Hermes

Answer 9

Son of Zeus

Messenger God

Question 10

Calypso

Answer 10

A sea Nymph

Held Odysseus captive as lover for 7 years

Question 11

Aphrodite

Answer 11

God of beauty and love

Question 12

Hephestus

Answer 12

God of forages

split Zeus’ head open to get Athena

Question 13

Aegisthus

Answer 13

murdered Atreus in order to restore his father to power,

Question 14

Mentor

Answer 14

Teacher for Telemachus

Son of Alcimus

Question 15

Nestor

Answer 15

King of Pylos and a former warrior in the Trojan War

Wise/Clever

Question 16

Orestes

Answer 16

Avenges father’s death by killing Aegisthus and mother Clytemnestra

Question 17

Suitors

Answer 17

Tried to sleep with Penelope

Ate all food

Question 18

Trojan War

Answer 18

Battle because Helen was Abducted

Odysseus fought in it

Question 19

Judgement of Paris

Answer 19

Judgement to determine which goddess was more beautiful.

Hera,Athena, and Aphrodite