His Journey Home | Setbacks | Return to Ithaca | Helpers of Odysseus | Miscellaneous |
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Phaeacia
Which island was Odysseus on when he told of his adventures?
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Circe
Who turns Odysseus's men into swine?
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The scar on his leg
How did Eurycleia know the beggar was Odysseus?
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Hermes
Who gave Odysseus a drug to make him immune to Cirice's magic?
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Nobody
Who did Odysseus tell the Cyclops he was?
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Nausicaa
What princess awakens Odysseus while she is playing a ball game with her Maidens on the island of Phaeacia?
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Between 7 and 8 years
How long does Odysseus spend on Calypso's island?
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Melanthius
Who got the Suitors weapons and armor from the storeroom during the battle?
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Hermes
Who does Zeus send to Calypso's island to demand she let Odysseus go?
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There would be no way to move the stone from the cave door
Why does Odysseus not kill the Cyclops after he eats some of Odysseus' men?
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Six
How many heads does the Scylla?
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The Lotus
Which plant caused Odysseus's men to lose their desire to return home?
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String a bow and shoot an arrow through twelve axes
What was the task that the Suitors had to complete in order to marry Penelope?
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Mentor
Who does Athena disguise herself as to help Odysseus in the battle against the Suitors?
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Argos
What was the name of Odysseus' dog?
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His men plugged their ears with beeswax and tied Odysseus to a mast
How did Odysseus and his men pass the Sirens?
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Elpenor
After Odysseus and his men left the Hall of Hades who did they return to Circe's island to burry?
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Their bed was impossible to move becasue it was made out of an olive tree
What thing, that only Odysseus would know, proved to Penelope that the beggar was Odysseus?
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Aeolus
Which god gives Odysseus a bag of winds?
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Anticleia
What was the name of Odysseus' Mom?
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Hawk
As Telemachus left Pylos, he saw a bird sign. What bird had a dove clutched in its claws?
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They ate the sacred cattle
What did Odysseus's men do on the island of Helios(the Island of the Sun) that caused all of them to die?
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Antinous
Which Suitor was shot in the throat with an arrow while drinking wine and was the first Suitor to be killed?
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Eumeaus/swineherd and Philoetius/cowman
Who where the two men that Odysseus revealed himself to and where on his side in the battle against the Suitors?
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Thunder in a clear sky
What sign does Zeus send Odysseus that shows the defeat of the Suitors and Odysseus becoming king again?
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