The Adventures of Odysseus Greek Mythology The Adventures of Odysseus

Who gave Cassandra the power to foretell the future? Apollo

Why did Apollo later on regret of his gift to Cassandra? She refused his love.

What did Apollo do to Cassandra’s power of prediction when the god regretted his gift to her? He made no body believe her prediction.

Whose temple did Cassandra hide when the Greek army sacked Troy? Poseidon Apollo Athena Athena

Which Greek chieftain drew Cassandra out from Athena’s temple, which offended the goddess?. Ajax Agamemnon Menelaus Ajax

Which god did Athena turn to for help in avenging herself on the Greeks? Poseidon

Who came near to losing all his ships after the Greeks left for Greece? Ajax Agamemnon Menelaus Agamemnon

Who was blown to Egypt after the Greeks left for Greece? Ajax Agamemnon Menelaus Menelaus

Penelope told her suitors that she could not marry again before she wove a fine shroud for _______. Herself Odysseus’s mother Odysseus’s father Odysseus’s father

What did Penelope do to delay her finishing weaving the shroud? She unwove each night what she had woven during the day.

Who leaked Penelope’s trick to the suitors? One of her handmaids

Which two men did Athena suggest that Telemachus go to for asking about his father’s news? Nestor Agamemnon Menelaus Diomedes Nestor & Menelaus

Whom did Athena disguise herself as and accompany Telemachus on his way to Pylos, old Nestor’s home? Mentor An old sea-faring man Mentor

All the gods felt sorry for Odysseus except for ______. Hermes Hades Poseidon Poseidon

Who took Telemachus to Sparta, Menelaus’s home? Nestor Nestor’s son Hermes Nestor’s son

Who recognized Telemachus at the moment of seeing him? Nestor Menelaus Helen Helen

On what did Odysseus set out to sea from Kalypso’s island? A raft A big ship A log A raft

What did the goddess, Ino, advised Odysseus to do when Poseidon made a strong tempest on the ocean, which made Odysseus see death before him? To abandon the raft and swim to shore

Ino gave Odysseus her _____, which would keep him from harm as long as he was in the sea? veil

For how long had Odysseus swim in the waters before he reached the land? Two days and nights

What job was Nausicaa doing when she met Odysseus? Washing clothes

Why did Nausicaa directed Odysseus to fall back on his way to the palace and let her and her girls go on alone? To avoid people’s gossip

What happened to Odysseus’s men when they tasted the flower food given by the Lotus-eaters? They lost their longing for home and wished only to dwell In the Lotus Land.

Polyphemus, one of the Cyclops, was the son of ____. Poseidon

What did Aeolus put inside the leather sack he gave Odysseus? Storm winds

Why did Odysseus’s men opened the sack Aeolus gave him? They thought it was full of gold.

Who destroyed all the ships of Odysseus except for the one he himself was in? Laerstrygons

What did Circe turn Odysseus’s men into? Swine

What made Odysseus unaffected by Circe’s deadly art? The herb Hermes gave him.

According to Circe’s directions, where should Odysseus go in order to gain the knowledge for returning home? The dark realm of Hades

When Odysseus go down the underworld, he must seek for the spirit of the prophet ____ to ask for help. Calcus Tiresias Laocoon Tiresias

Tiresias told Odysseus that the chief danger that threatened them was that they might harm the oxen of _______. Sun

Who were the marvelous singers whose voices would make a man forget all else, and at last their song would steal his life away? Sirens

What was Odysseus and his men to do to pass Sirens’ land safely? To stop their ears with wax

What did Odysseus told his men to do so that he might hear Sirens’ song without risking his life? To tie him to the mast so strongly that he could not get away however Much he tried

What did Odysseus’s men do to the sacred oxen of the Sun, for which they paid their lives? They killed, roasted and ate them.

On whose land was Odysseus cast ashore when his ship was shattered by thunderbolt? Kalypso

Athena told Odysseus to spend the first night of his return to Ithaca with his _____, a man faithful and trustworthy beyond praise. The swineherd Eumaeus

____ was the first person to whom Odysseus revealed his true identity after he returned to Ithaca. Telemachus

It was decided that the next morning when the father and son returned to their palace, Telemachus’s job was to ______, so that they might start their plan of revenge. To hide all the weapons of war, leaving only enough for the two of them

At the moment Odysseus walked into his palace, Argos, his ______, recognized him instantly. Old dog

What happened to Argos, after Odysseus left it? It died.

What was the worst insult Odysseus received from the suitors, which caused Penelope’s concern of having a talk with him. A blow

In Penelope’s plan, if Odysseus was dead, which suitor would she choose to marry? The richest and the most liberal

Penelope said to the suitors that they should show the proper way of courting a woman of family and fortune by _____. Giving her costly gifts

What did Penelope summon Eurycleia to do for Odysseus? To wash his feet

Who was Eurycleia? Odysseus’s old nurse

By what did Eurycleia recognize who the old bagger was? The scar on one of his feet

How did Odysseus got this scar? Made by a wild boar

What was the contest Penelope demanded the suitors to partake in order to win her heart? To string Odysseus’s bow and shoot an arrow straight through twelve rings in a line

Who was the only one that managed to string the bow before Odysseus did it? Telemechus

What were the last two people that were left from the slaughter? The priest & the bard

Who was the one of the two that Odysseus spared? The bard