Transcript Odyssey Jeopardy - Gonzaga College High School

Odyssey Jeopardy
The author of The Odyssey
Homer
The name for a storyteller such
as Homer.
Bard
The King of the gods on Mt.
Olympus
Zeus
This goddess appeals to Zeus to
be allowed to help Odysseus
return home.
Athena
Athena disguises herself as this
person when meeting
Telemachus.
Mentes
The name of Telemachus’s
mother and Odysseus’s wife
Penelope
The name of the bard who lives
at Odysseus’s house.
Phemius.
Is Phemius one of the suitors?
Explain.
No—he was forced into service by
the suitors and is still loyal to
Odysseus.
Old housekeeper, servant, and
nurse at Odysseus’ house. She
helps Telemachus pack for his
voyage to Pylos.
Eurycleia
One of the leaders of the suitors.
Accuses Penelope of flirting with
them and leading them on.
Invites Telemachus to dinner.
Antinous
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
King of Pylos. Fought in Trojan
war and left immediately
afterwards, thus making it home
safe.
Nestor
Nestor’s son. Rides with
Telemachus to Sparta in a
chariot.
Pisistratus
Beautiful daughter of Nestor.
Bathes Telemachus and rubs him
with oil at Pylos.
Polycaste
Telemachus visits this red-haried
King and Greek general from the
Trojan war at Sparta. Brother of
Agammenon
Menelaus
Wife of Menelaus. Her beauty led
to the Trojan war.
Helen
Man of the sea who can
change shape. When caught,
tells Menelaus how to get
home and what happened to
Odysseus.
Proteus
Odysseus is trapped with this
nymph with lovely braids when
we meet him.
Calypso
Name of Calypso’s island.
Ogygia
Messenger god who tells
Calypso it’s time for Odysseus to
leave.
Hermes
This god destroys Odysseus’s
raft with giant waves. Dislikes
him.
Poseidon
This immortal with “lovely ankles”
helps save Odysseus from
drowning by giving him a scarf.
Ino
This immortal also helps save
Odysseus by calming the
waves and guiding him to
shore.
Athena
Island where Odysseus washes
ashore
Phaecia
Bonus: another name for Phaecia
Scheria
Beautiful princess who finds
Odysseus coming out of a bush.
Nausicaa
Name of the king of Phaecia
Alcinous
Wife of the king of Phaecia.
Odysseus clasps her knees to
beg for help.
Arete
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
After the Trojan War, O. and his
men first go to this place, sack it,
and get attacked the next
morning.
The Cicones
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.
The name of the cyclops whom
Odysseus meets
Polyphemus
The name of the cyclops whom
Odysseus meets
Polyphemus
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
After the island of the cyclops,
more of Odysseus’s men are
killed in the land of cannibalistic
giants than anywhere else.
Circe
The name of Circe’s island
Aeaea
The name of Odysseus’s
second in command. He
wants to leave after his search
party was turned into pigs.
Eurylochus