The Odyssey Flashcards

Eurylochus is one of Odysseus's men. He challenges Odysseus, refuses to take orders on one occasion, and is behind the slaughter of the cattle of Helios.

Athena disguises Odysseus as an old beggar so nobody will recognize him.

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<p>Eurycleia is Odysseus's fiercely loyal nursemaid.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Helen is the wife of Menelaus who leaves with Paris for Troy and starts the Trojan War.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In Greek mythology, Hades is the underworld where people go when they die.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Antinoos is the most ill-behaved suitor of Penelope.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Laertes is the father of Odysseus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Telemachus is the son of Odysseus and Penelope.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hermes is the messenger of the Greek gods and son of Zeus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ithaca is a Greek island and the home of Odysseus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Athena is the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare; daughter of Zeus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She turns them into animals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Helios is the Greek god of the sun.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He breaks down crying in sadness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nestor is a king of Pylos who helps the Greeks in the Trojan War.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Polyphemus is a Cyclops, the son of Poseidon, who has his eye poked out by Odysseus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Calypso is a sea nymph who detains Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for 7 years.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Penelope is the cunning wife of Odysseus and mother of Telemachus. She holds off the suitors for many years.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Aigisthos is the man who has an affair with Agamemnon's wife, Clytemnestra. He kills Agamemnon.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Menelaus is the king of Sparta, brother of Agamemnon, and husband of Helen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Homer is a blind poet of Ancient Greece; he is given credit for writing The Iliad and The Odyssey.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An epic is a long poem, usually from the oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A bard is a poet, traditionally one reciting epics and associated with the oral tradition.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Suitors have invaded his home, are using his resources, and courting his mother.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Odysseus is the King of Ithaca and leader of the Trojan War. He wanders in a 10-year journey home.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Scylla is a six-headed monster, each head eats one sailor from a ship as it passes her cave.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Charybdis is a giant whirlpool which will destroy an entire ship if it gets too close.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Trojan War is the 10-year war between the Greeks and the Trojans to recover Menelaus's wife.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mentor is a wise and trusted counselor often used as a disguise by Athena.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The person loses all desire for home and only wants to stay and eat the lotus flower.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Odysseus must walk to where people do not know the sea and make a sacrifice to Poseidon.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are punished by cleaning the great hall, removing the dead bodies, and killed by hanging.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They treat him poorly, mocking him, and even throw a stool at him.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Odysseus and Telemachus kill them all, along with the help of Athena, the drover, and the swineherd.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nestor advises him to go to Menelaus and find out what he knows of Odysseus and his whereabouts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He throws the stone farther than any of the Phaeacians and proves his strength.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>After blinding the Cyclops, Odysseus and his men hide under the belly of sheep as they exit Polyphemus's cave.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hermes gives Odysseus a charm to make him impervious to Circe's spells.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Polyphemus violates the custom of xenia, or hospitality, in which one must treat strangers kindly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An omen is a message or sign sent by the gods, meant to tell the future.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ancient Greeks believed the gods regularly interacted with humans, often taking human form and meddling in the lives of mortals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He returns home from the Trojan War and his wife, Clytemnestra, has been having an affair with Aigisthos. Agamemnon is murdered by Aegisthus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Greeks believed they were compelled by the gods to treat strangers kindly. They believed a stranger might be a god in disguise.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The nurse feels a scar from a boar hunt that Odysseus sustained as a boy. She had helped heal the wound and at once recognized the scar.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In Greek mythology, he is the king of Mycenae, brother of Menelaus, leader in the Trojan War, betrayed by his wife Clytemnestra, and murdered by her lover Aigisthos.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He says his name is 'Noman' or 'Nobody'. When Polyphemus calls for help, he says 'nobody' is hurting him, which makes the other Cyclopeans leave.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The bag of wind takes Odysseus and his men within sight of Ithaca. As Odysseus naps, his men open the bag and cause a storm that blows them back to Aiolia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She instructs them to go to Hades to speak to Teiresias to get direction home. She also advises them on navigating the Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Odysseus's crew slaughters the best of the cattle. The result is a terrible storm that destroys the ship and drowns everyone except Odysseus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Odysseus and his men pass by Scylla, losing six men, one to each of her heads, rather than losing the entire crew to the whirlpool of Charybdis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Odysseus reveals his identity to his son, Telemachus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Penelope set up a contest in which whoever can string Odysseus's bow and shoot it through 10 axe heads can marry her. Odysseus is the only person who can string the bow, which he does to reveal his identity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Odysseus taunts Polyphemus as they sail away, nearly causing his ship to be destroyed. By taking credit for blinding Polyphemus and revealing his name, Polyphemus resigns a curse upon Odysseus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She mentions that their bed has been moved. Odysseus becomes angry because he built the bed from a standing tree; the only way to move the bed would be to chop it to pieces.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Penelope tells the suitors that when she finishes weaving the shroud, she will choose a husband. She weaves by day but takes it apart at night after three years; one of her maidservants tells the suitors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fate is the idea that events are predetermined and will develop in a way that is beyond a person's control.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The suitors are the lords from nearby who want to marry Odysseus's wife, Penelope. They are staying in his house and feasting upon his food. They are disrespectful and rude to Telemachus and his household.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Upon landing on the shore, Odysseus meets Nausicaa, the daughter of Queen Arete and King Alcinoos. The Phaeacians treat Odysseus well, learn of his travels, gauge him in their games, and send him home on a ship full of riches.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He stays with Eumaeus, the lowly swineherd, who has been fiercely loyal to Odysseus for over 20 years.</p> Signup and view all the answers