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What task does Penelope set before the suitors as a condition of marriage? (There are two—mention at least one.) AnswerAnswer

 String Odysseus’ bow –or--  Shoot an arrow through the holes in the axe heads HomeHome

 What does Odysseus, in the disguise of a beggar, do to Antinous that angers the rest of the suitors? Answer Answer

 He shoots an arrow into his throat HomeHome

 What “test” does Penelope give to Odysseus to be sure it is really he?  Answer Answer

 She tells a servant to move the bed out of the room and Odysseus knows that the bed is created out of a tree and can’t be moved. HomeHome

 In The Land of the Dead, Odysseus seeks his destiny. Who does he see for help?  Answer Answer

 Teiresias of Thebes The blind Prophet Home

 Which god helps Odysseus prepare to visit Circe? How does the god help Odysseus- be specific? Answer

 Hermes. He gives Odysseus a plant called Moly that acts as an antidote to Circe’s power. HomeHome

 What do the beings in the underworld need (or else they will fade)? AnswerAnswer

 Blood Home

 Describe two physical aspects of the Monster Scylla  Answer Answer

 This monster has twelve legs, six heads, and three rows of teeth. Home

 he ate his children until his wife tricked him by handing her husband a rock  Name the husband and wife  Answer Answer

 Cronus and Rhea Home

 Odysseus initially tried to avoid going to war by acting crazy. How was he tricked into proving that he was sane?  Answer Answer

 The people who came to get him threw his baby in front of his plow  Home Home

 When Oddyseus is talking to the king the audience is getting a _________.  Answer Answer

 Flashback  Home Home

 How does Odysseus make the situation worse once he and his men are sailing away from the Cyclops? Answer

 He screams his name and where he is from  Home Home

 Teiresias, the Blind Prophet warns Odysseus to not eat______________ - Why?  Answer Answer

 Cattle because they belong to Apollo and he will be angry  Home Home

 Why didn’t Odysseus’ men just kill the Cyclops?  Answer Answer

 They knew they couldn’t roll the rock away from the entrance  Home Home

 Who said this: “…after these years with me, you still desire your old home? Even so, I wish you well. If you could see it all, before you go–all the adversity you face at sea–you would stay here, and guard this house, and be immortal…Can I be less desirable than she is?” Answer Answer

 Calypso  Home Home

 “Sweet cousin ram, why lag behind the rest in the night cave? You never linger so, but graze before them all, and go afar to crop sweet grass… Why, now, so far behind?”  Answer Answer

 Cyclops or Polyphemus  Home Home

 Who says this  “Steer wide; keep well to seaward; plug your oarsmen’s ears with beeswax kneaded soft; none of the rest should hear that song. But if you wish to listen, let the men tie you in the lugger, hand and foot, back to mast, lashed to the mast, so you may hear those Harpies’ thrilling voices…”  Answer Answer

 Circe  Home Home

 What do you call the extended comparisons used in Homer’s works that compare a heroic deed to something in everyday life? Answer

 epic simile/ heroic simile/ Homeric simile  Home Home

 Who is the god of wine? Answer

 Dionysus  Bachus  Home Home

 Who is the goddess of agriculture?  Answer Answer

 Demeter Home

 What goddess is responsible for love?  Answer Answer

 Aphrodite Home

 What is one thing Hephaestus is the god of?

 Blacksmiths/fire/crafts /Forge  Home Home

 Hera was angry about Zeus’ infidelity and to hide it he turned a girlfriend into a cow. Who was the girlfriend  Answer Answer

 IO a nymph  Home Home

 God of War  Son of Zeus and Hera  Bloodthirsty and merciless Answer

 Ares  Home Home

 Young God of Love  Son of Aphrodite and Hephaestus Answer

 Cupid or Eros  Home Home

 Name two of the Titans  Answer Answer

 Cronos (Saturn): Ruler of the titans  Rhea: Wife of Cronos  Ocean: River that encircled the world  Iapetus: Father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Atlas (also titans)  Home Home