1. Odyssey Jeopardy

2. The author of The Odyssey Homer

3. The name for a storyteller such as Homer. Bard

4. The King of the gods on Mt. Olympus Zeus

5. This goddess appeals to Zeus to be allowed to help Odysseus return home. Athena

6. Athena disguises herself as this person when meeting Telemachus. Mentes

7. The name of Telemachus’s mother and Odysseus’s wife Penelope

8. The name of the bard who lives at Odysseus’s house. Phemius.

9. Is Phemius one of the suitors? Explain. No—he was forced into service by the suitors and is still loyal to Odysseus.

10. Old housekeeper, servant, and nurse at Odysseus’ house. She helps Telemachus pack for his voyage to Pylos. Eurycleia

11. One of the leaders of the suitors. Accuses Penelope of flirting with them and leading them on. Invites Telemachus to dinner. Antinous

12. Another leader of the suitors. Polybus’s son. Says it’s up to the gods who’ll become next king of Ithaca, “hopes” that Telemachus doesn’t lose his possessions, and asks who Mentes was. Eurymachus

13. King of Pylos. Fought in Trojan war and left immediately afterwards, thus making it home safe. Nestor

14. Nestor’s son. Rides with Telemachus to Sparta in a chariot. Pisistratus

15. Beautiful daughter of Nestor. Bathes Telemachus and rubs him with oil at Pylos. Polycaste

16. Telemachus visits this red-haried King and Greek general from the Trojan war at Sparta. Brother of Agammenon Menelaus

17. Wife of Menelaus. Her beauty led to the Trojan war. Helen

18. Man of the sea who can change shape. When caught, tells Menelaus how to get home and what happened to Odysseus. Proteus

19. Odysseus is trapped with this nymph with lovely braids when we meet him. Calypso

20. Name of Calypso’s island. Ogygia

21. Messenger god who tells Calypso it’s time for Odysseus to leave. Hermes

22. This god destroys Odysseus’s raft with giant waves. Dislikes him. Poseidon

23. This immortal with “lovely ankles” helps save Odysseus from drowning by giving him a scarf. Ino

24. This immortal also helps save Odysseus by calming the waves and guiding him to shore. Athena

25. Island where Odysseus washes ashore Phaecia

26. Bonus: another name for Phaecia Scheria

27. Beautiful princess who finds Odysseus coming out of a bush. Nausicaa

28. Name of the king of Phaecia Alcinous

29. Wife of the king of Phaecia. Odysseus clasps her knees to beg for help. Arete

30. Odysseus does not participate in this sport on the day of song and contests. Why? Running—because his legs are tired from having been at sea

31. After the Trojan War, O. and his men first go to this place, sack it, and get attacked the next morning. The Cicones

32. Odysseus then travel to the land of the lotus eaters. What happens? Odysseus must forcibly bring back crew members who ate the lotus and lost all desire to go home.

33. The name of the cyclops whom Odysseus meets Polyphemus

34. The name of the cyclops whom Odysseus meets Polyphemus

35. After the island of the cyclops, more of Odysseus’s men are killed in the land of these cannibalistic giants than anywhere else. The Laestrygonians

36. After the island of the cyclops, more of Odysseus’s men are killed in the land of cannibalistic giants than anywhere else. Circe

37. The name of Circe’s island Aeaea

38. The name of Odysseus’s second in command. He wants to leave after his search party was turned into pigs. Eurylochus