The Odyssey

Question 0

Menelaus

Answer 0

Helen’s husband, king of Greeks

Question 1

Poseidon

Answer 1

God of Sea, divine antagonist

Question 2

Circe

Answer 2

Goddess of magic, kept Odysseus and crew prisoner for 1 year

Question 3

Sirens

Answer 3

Mermaids, crash sailors into rocks and steal treasure

Question 4

Hermes

Answer 4

Messenger god

Question 5

Centaurs

Answer 5

Half man, half horse

Question 6

Athena

Answer 6

Goddess of wisdom, strategy

Question 7

Cyclops

Answer 7

One eyed giants

Question 8

Achilles

Answer 8

Immortal except for heel, fought Trojan war for Greeks

Question 9

Telemachus

Answer 9

Son of Odysseus

Question 10

Nausicaa

Answer 10

Daughter of King Alcinous, finds Odysseus shipwrecked on beach

Question 11

Penelope

Answer 11

Wife of Odysseus, fended off suitors until Odysseus returned

Question 12

Aegisthus

Answer 12

King of Mycenae

Question 13

Persephone

Answer 13

Wife of Hades

Question 14

Eurycleia

Answer 14

Odysseus’ nanny, servant

Question 15

Hephaestus

Answer 15

God of the forge

Question 16

Polyphemus

Answer 16

Cyclops that Odysseus blinded

Question 17

Agamemnon

Answer 17

Commander of Greek Army during Trojan war

Question 18

Eumaeus

Answer 18

Loyal Shepard,let Odysseus stay in his hut, first to recognize Odysseus

Question 19

Helen

Answer 19

Woman that the Trojan war was fought over

Question 20

Antinous

Answer 20

Leading suitor of Penelope

Question 21

Apollo, Hyperion

Answer 21

Sun god

Question 22

Nobody

Answer 22

Name used to trick Polyphemus

Question 23

Laertes

Answer 23

Father of Odysseus

Question 24

Scylla

Answer 24

Monster in cliff

Question 25

Charybdis

Answer 25

Whirlpool monster

Question 26

Lotus-eaters

Answer 26

Eat lotus flowers, flowers make you forget

Question 27

Moly

Answer 27

Magical herb to protect Odysseus from Circe's magic

Question 28

Troy

Answer 28

Battle takes plays here in the Illiad

Question 29

Ithaca

Answer 29

Odysseus' kingdom

Question 30

Calypso

Answer 30

Nymph that falls in love with Odysseus, kept him on her island for 7 years

Question 31

Zeus

Answer 31

King of gods, god of sky

Question 32

Argos

Answer 32

Odysseus' dog, didn't fall for disguise

Question 33

Hubris

Answer 33

Extreme pride, arrogance

Question 34

Teiresias

Answer 34

Blind prophet

Question 35

Alcinous

Answer 35

King, gives Odysseus a ship when found by his daughter

Question 36

Sisyphus

Answer 36

Served his son as food to the gods, punished in the underworld by rolling a boulder up a hill

Question 37

Aeolus

Answer 37

God of the winds

Question 38

Anticleia

Answer 38

Mother of Odysseus

Question 39

Elpenor

Answer 39

Fell of Circe's roof

Question 40

Eurymachus

Answer 40

Manipulative, deceitful suitor

Question 41

Eurylochus

Answer 41

Lead group that was turned into pigs by Circe, told crew to eat Apollo's cows

Question 42

Tyndareus

Answer 42

Helen's father

Question 43

Clytemnestra

Answer 43

Wife of Agamemnon, killed him

Question 44

Actoris

Answer 44

Penelope's maid, knew headboard was carved out of tree

Question 45

Philoeteus

Answer 45

Goat herder, helped clear suitors out of the house

Question 46

Aeaea

Answer 46

Circe's island