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Odyssey Questions
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10th Grade
10/16/2010

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What is Eumaios doing when Odysseus first visits him?
Definition
Making shoes
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How did Anticleia die?
Definition
She walked into the ocean, filled with grief.
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Who is Eurynomos?
Definition
A son of Aigyptios and one of Penelope's suitors
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Who made the Trojan Horse?
Definition
Epeios
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Thoosa is the daughter of...?
Definition
Phorcys
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Dawn has another name; what is it?
Definition
Eos
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Megapenthes is going to marry the daughter of ...?
Definition
Alector, from Sparta
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Who reveals Telemachos' identity to Menelaos?
Definition
Helen
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Athena appeared to Penelope in a dream, taking on the form of ....?
Definition
Iphthime
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Penelope is the daughter of...
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Icarios
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Eidothea is the daughter of...
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Proteus, the old man of the sea
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Why was Menelaos held back in Egypt?
Definition
The gods held him back because he did not pay the proper sacrifices to them.
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How many maids does Circe have?
Definition
Four
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The ______ people live at the boundary of Oceanos, and Helios never shines on them.
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Cimmerian
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The island of the Phaiacians
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Scheria
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Calypso's island
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Ogygia
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Circe's island
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Aiaia
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Helios' island
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Thrinacia
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How many times was Odysseus warned about Helios' cattle, and by whom?
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Twice - Circe and Teiresias both warned him
Term
What did Perimedes help with? (two things)
Definition
He helps tie Odysseus up when passing the Sirens, and he helps Odysseus make a sacrifice in Hades
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How large was the pit that Odysseus dug for his sacrifice in Hades?
Definition
A cubit's length along and across
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Anticleia is the daughter of...
Definition
Autolycos
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What does Teiresias tell Odysseus to sacrifice to Poseidon after he has killed the suitors?
Definition
A ram, a bull, and a boar-pig
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Who is Cassandra?
Definition
Daughter of King Priam of Troy. Agamemnon's mistress.
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Why is Aias sulking?
Definition
He lost in the fight for Achille's arms (Odysseus won)
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Peleiades is the surname of... ?
Definition
Achilles
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What kind of tree marks Charybdis' lodgings?
Definition
a wild fig-tree
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"You hot-head! fighting and asking for trouble is all you care about! Will you stand up even to the immortal gods?" (spoken by?)
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Circe
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"All deaths are hateful to miserable mortals, but the most pitiable death of all is to starve." (who said it, and what's the significance of this quote?)
Definition
Eurylachos said it, and it's significant because it persuaded the Achaians to kill Helios' cattle.
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"Eat away, dear heart alive, and enjoy what we have to offer. The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, as it pleases him, for he can do all things." (who said it, and to who?)
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Eumaios the swineherd says this to Odysseus
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How did Odysseus escape from Charybdis the second time?
Definition
He clung onto the fig tree.... like a bat!
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"Here me, Lord, whoever thou art! How I have longed for thee, and now I pray to thee, save me from Poseidon's threats!" (who said it to who?)
Definition
Odysseus was praying to the god of a river that he needed to stop flowing temporarily.
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Where was Odysseus dropped off by the Phaiacians?
Definition
In the harbour of Phorcys, where the Naiads live
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Who is Mesaulios?
Definition
Servant of Eumaios, and paid for with Eumaios' own savings too
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