| The Muses | Who does Homer appeal to for inspirations? |
| a wanderer, skilled at everything | How does Homer describe Odysseus? |
| the townlands, people, and the sea | What has Odysseus seen on his journey? |
| to save his life and to bring his shipmates home | Why did Odysseus fight on his journey? |
| Helios | Who is the sun god? |
| Laertes | Who is Odysseus’ father? |
| Ithaka | Where is Odysseus’ home? |
| rocky | What is the terrain like in Odysseus’ home? |
| Kalypso and Kirke | Who detains Odysseus? |
| Ismaros | Where did the wind carry Odysseus? |
| they fought the Cicones | What happened at Ismaros to Odysseus and his men? |
| lots of lives | What did Odysseus’ crew and his men lose at Ismaros? |
| stormy | What type of weather did Odysseus’ crew face on their journey? |
| 9 | How many days did Odysseus’ crew drift? |
| The Lotos Eaters | Whose island did Odysseus’ crew arrive at? |
| a honeyed plant | What is the lotos? |
| to get water | Why did Odysseus’ crew land at the Island of the Lotos Eaters? |
| they fell under the spell of the lotos | What happened to the men Odysseus sent out to the Island of the Lotos Eaters? |
| Odysseus got them, carried them to the ship, tied them to the benches, and then they left | How did Odysseus’ men escape the Island of the Lotos Eaters? |
| giants wo are lawless and barbaric | Who are the Kyklopes? Describe them. |
| 12 | How many of Odysseus’ best fighters does he choose to go onto the island of the Kyklopes? |
| liquor | What important thing did Odysseus and his men take onto the island of the Kyklopes? |
| a cave | Where did the Kyklopes live? |
| shepherd | What is the Kyklopes occupation basically? |
| take the ram and leave | What did Odysseus’ men want to do initially on the Island of the Kyklopes? |
| he wanted to see what the giant had to offer | Why did Odysseus refuse his men’s initial idea on the Island of the Kyklopes? |
| dread | How did Odysseus’ men feel when the Kyklopes returned and saw them? |
| hospitality | What custom did Odysseus remind the Kyklopes of? |
| he didn’t care about hospitality | How did the Kyklopes react when Odysseus reminded him of hospitality |
| Poseidon broke his ship | What is the lie Odysseus told to the Kyklopes? |
| ate some of his men | What did the Kyklopes proceed to do after Odysseus lied to him about his ship? |
| because if they did, they would be trapped in the cave | Why did Odysseus not kill the Kyklopes originally? |
| to get him drunk, then poke his eye to blind him | What is the plan Odysseus develops to save his men from the Kyklopes? |
| 4 | How many men did Odysseus need to carry outhis plan to save them from the Kyklopes? |
| to get him drunk | What was the first part of Odysseus’ plan to save them from the Kyklopes? |
| Nohbdy | What does Odysseus say his name is? |
| because he couldn’t know who defeated him | How was telling the Kyklopes that his name was Nohbdy clever? |
| by tying themselves to the bellies of the ram, so when Polyphemus let the ram out they would be able to leave unnoticed | How did Odysseus and his men escape from the Kyklopes cave? |
| He tells him his name | What mistake does Odysseus make at the Kyklopes beach? |
| Poseidon | Who is the Kyklopes father? |
| for him to never see his home; or if he does let it be far away, let all his men die, his ships crumble, and for his days to be bitter | What is the curse that the Kyklopes places on Odysseus? |
| a ram; no | After they escape the Kyklopes, what offering does Odysseus make? Is it accepted? |
| Polyphemus | What is the Kyklopes’s name? |
| Kirke | The land of the dead was foretold to Odysseus and his men by whom? |
| wine, water, milk, honey, barley, and his best heifer | What sacrifices does Odysseus offer up in the Land of the Dead? |
| the dead souls | To whom does Odysseus offer sacrifices in the Land of the Dead? |
| Teiresias, black lamb | Who gets the most special sacrifice in the Land of the Dead and who is it? |
| the souls | Who first appeared to Odysseus in the Land of the Dead? |
| the gods below, Death and Persephone | Then Odysseus commanded his men to make more sacrifices to whom in the Land of the Dead? |
| Teiresias | Who was Odysseus waiting on to appear in the Land of the Dead? |
| a ghost | What is a shade? |
| Elpenor, a shipmate | Which shade appeared first and who was he in relationship to Odysseus in the Land of the Dead? |
| ? | How did Elpenor die? |
| proper burial with his oar | What did the first shade to visit Odysseus ask Odysseus for? |
| Antikleia, his mother | What ghost appeared next (name and relationship to Odysseus in the Land of the Dead? |
| Teiresias | Then finally who appeared to Odysseus in the Land of the Dead? |
| Teiresias | Who is the “prince of Thebes?” |
| speech | The “prince of Thebes” possessed the “gift of _________” |
| ? | What is the “prince of Thebes” prophesy? What is going to happen to Odysseus? |
| Circe | Who leaves Odysseus at the beginning of the Seirenes passage? |
| Circe | Odysseus addresses his men when they all leave in the ship and tells them what who foresaw? |
| ? | What did she tell them she foresaw? |
| beeswax and ropes to tie down Ulysses | What was the plan to avoid the danger of the Seirenes? |
| untie him | Odysseus begged his men to do what when they traveled through the Seirenes water? |
| Skylla | Odysseus gives his men a pep talk because they are about to encounter what monster? |
| ? | What is another phrase for Skylla? |
| Kharybdis | What was the other monster also waiting for them? |
| ? | What comparison was used to describe the men getting snatched up by the Skylla? |
| don’t eat the cattle | What does Odysseus tell his men when he “mustered all the crew?” |
| food | What ran out after a month of storms? |
| ? | While Odysseus went to pray to the gods, what did Eurylokhos plea for the men to do? |
| killed the cattle | What did the men do on the island of the Cattle of the Sun god? |
| tells Zeus to punish the crew | What does Lord Helios do when he finds out that Odysseus’ men ate his cattle? |
| the cow hides crawl | What terrible “queer signs” happened at the island of the Cattle of the Sun god? |
| sent down a storm | Then what did Zeus do to Odysseus and his men? |
| Skylla and Kharybdis | Then the ship headed down toward what two dangers? |
| it was swallowed | What happened to the ship after the island of the Cattle of the Sun god? |
| he floated to Kalypso’s island | What happened to Odysseus after the whirlpool? |
The Odyssey Part 1 Questions
April 23, 2020