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| Odysseus is returning home from | the Trojan War |
| This conflict was located in | Troy |
| The conflict was over | Helen, who was kidnapped by Paris of Troy |
| How the war was won | The Greeks tricked the Trojans with a horse to gain entry into the city and kill them |
| Odysseus fought this war for | ten years |
| Odysseus was lost at sea after the war and before returning home | ten years |
| Odysseus was away from home for a total of | twenty years |
| Odysseus' first adventure after the Trojan War was with the people of | Cicones |
| Odysseus arrived in his banquet hall after he left Calypso's island | King Alcinous |
| Odysseus is the king of this island | Ithaca |
| Polyphemus is a member of this race | Cyclops |
| Polyphemus' powerful father is | Poseidon |
| Polyphemus was punished because | he did not show hospitality to his guests |
| Polyphemus was punished | by being blinded by Odysseus |
| Odysseus and his men escape Polyphemus by | hiding under the bellies of his sheep |
| Odysseus angers him when he hurts Polyphemus | Poseidon |
| After Odysseus and his men escape from the Laestrygonians, they land on the island of | Circe |
| Circe the witch turns Odysseus' men into | pigs |
| Circe the witch sends Odysseus here to get a prophecy | the Land of the Dead |
| Odysseus is given a prophecy in the Land of the Dead by | Tiresias |
| Odysseus sacrifices this to call forth the spirit of the prophet Tiresias in the Land of the Dead | a lamb |
| This is dangerous gauntlet that Odysseus must navigate | Scylla and Charybdis |
| This six-headed, 12 tentacled monster eats six of Odysseus' men | Scylla |
| The monster who would suck Odysseus' ship down and then kill all aboard | Charybdis |
| The "monsters" that lure sailors to their deaths with their sweet singing are the | Sirens |
| Odysseus made his sailors stuff their ears with this to avoid these monsters | beeswax |
| The sailors keep Odysseus from being lured by the monsters by | lashing him to the mast |
| After surviving the gauntlet of monsters, Odysseus decides to rest on the island of | Helios, the Sun God |
| The sailors are forbidden to eat these while resting on the island of the Sun God | his cattle |
| Odysseus is _____ while his men disobey his orders | writing |
| Odysseus' men are punished for their bad behavior on the island of the Sun God | they are killed |
| Only this man survives the Sun God's punishment | Odysseus |
| whose island does Odysseus wash ashore on after the sun god's island | Calypso, the sea nymph |
| She keeps Odysseus prisoner on her island for | seven years |
| She finally intervenes on Odysseus' behalf and begs Zeus for help in his release | Athena |
| Odysseus next finds himself here after leaving Calypso | The Island of the Phaeacians |
| The king of the Phaeacians is | Alcinous |
| Odysseus rests and tells his story to the Phaeacians & King Alcinous, then he heads home. He first sees | Eumaeus, the swine herder |
| His disguise he first returns home in Ithaca (to protect him, by Athena) | an old beggar |
| He has been away from home (Ithaca) for a year, looking for Odysseus | Telemachus |
| This is the first one to recognize Odysseus, despite his disguise | Argos, his old faithful dog |
| Eurycleia, Odysseus' old nanny and current servant of Penelope, could tell the beggar was Odysseus because | she recognized the scar on his knee |
| Odysseus' wife | Penelope |
| The leader of the suitors who is up to no good | Antinous |
| Odysseus' bed that he created is made out of | a tree |
| This god blocks Odysseus from coming home | Poseidon |
| This god/goddess helps Odysseus and Telemachus the most | Athena |
| Home of Odysseus, his kingdom, his island | Ithaca |
| The three great Greek Kings that went to fight Troy | Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Odysseus |
| Odysseus' father is | Laertes |
| Up to no good, this guy is the leader of the suitors and he plans to kill Telemachus | Antinous |
| The place where the gods/goddesses live | Mount Olympus |
| This came first, not the Roman names for the gods, but the | Greek names |
| Aegisthus, in a subplot, had an affair with Clytemnestra, who is the wife this this great Greek general | Agamemnon |
| The custom where you must invite in a stranger and take care of them BEFORE you know their name is | the law of hospitality |
| a muse | is someone who inspires (an artist or writer or person) |
| The Roman name for Odysseus | Ulysses |
| The two cities that Athena advises Telemachus go to for information on Odysseus | Pylos and Sparta |
| Menelaus and Agamemnon are | Greek brothers |
| Menelaus and Helen are king and queen of | Sparta |
| Nausicaa's parents (rulers of the Phaeacians) | King Alcinous and Queen Arete |
| Aphrodite had an affair with | Ares |
| Odysseus tells Polyphemus that his name is | Nobody |
| Book 10: Odysseus see Ithaca from their ship but the men distrust him and then they | open the sack that Aeolus gave him and the winds blow them away |
| The Laestrygonians are | GIANTS |
| Calypso offers Odysseus this to stay with her forever | immortality |
| Aeolus | the god of winds who gave Odysseus a breeze to get back home and the bag of winds |
| Returning to Aeolus after his men open the bag, Odysseus was | sent away angrily by Aeolus |
| Circe the witch turned Odysseus' men into | pigs |
| The author of The Odyssey was a blind poet named | Homer |
| Throughout the story, Penelope is | faithful to her husband, even though he is not faithful to her |
| Greeks enjoyed sports like hurling, javelin, and | wrestling |
| wife of Odysseus | Penelope |
| One-eyed monster who ate Odysseus' men | Polyphemus |
| She turned his men to swine | Circe |
| Goddess who kep Odysseus on her island | Calypso |
| Prophet of the underworld | Tiresias |
| Brother of Menelaus who was killed by his wife Clytemnestra and her love Aegisthus | Agamemnon |
| King of Sparta, husband of Helen, brother of Agamemnon | Menelaus |
| King of Pylos, who fought with the Greeks | Nestor |
| Giant cannibals who ate Odysseus' men | Laestrygonians |
| Father of Princess Nausicaa and King of the Phaeacians | Alcinous |
| one of the suitors, a co-leader, very violent | Eurymachus |
| head of the suitors who planned to kill | Antinous |
