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46 Cards in this Set
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Who offers Odysseus a ship and asks for tales of his adventures
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Alcinous
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Odysseus' and Penelope's servant or wife
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Eurynome
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Who wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey?
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Homer
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Who was Odysseus's son?
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Telemachus
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Who is the faithful companion who is found in a dung heap after 20 years
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Argus
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Who is Odysseus' mother (a ghost seen n the Land of the Dead)
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Anticlea
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One of Odysseus's crew
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Perimedes
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Who is the god of the sea and the earthquakes
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Poseidon
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Who is the god of the sun
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Helios
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Who is the enchantress who helped Odysseus?
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Circe
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Who is Zeus' father?
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Cronus
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What is a gigantic whirlpool
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Charybdis
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Who is Odysseus' "beggar" connection
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Athena
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Who is the sea goddess who loved Odysseus?
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Calypso
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Who is the god of the underworld?
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Hades
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Who was a prophet who helped Odysseus?
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Tiresias
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Who is Poseidon's son?
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Polyphemus
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Who is the king of the gods?
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Zeus
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Who is a rock monster who eats men?
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Scylla
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Elpenor, one of Odysseus men, died
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by falling off Circe's roof
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Calypso's island is
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Odygia
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Why did Odysseus' men did not listen to his orders at the land of Cicones?
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They were drunk
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What did Odysseus have to do to set things right with Poseidon?
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He had to sacrifice a buck, a ram and a boar.
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Which shipmate told Odysseus' men to eat Helios' cattle?
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Eurylochus
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Poseidon intentionally threw Odysseus off course- T/F
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T
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Aeolus is the god of the wind T/F
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F
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Antinous broke a chair on the shoulder of a begger T/F
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T
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The beggar sufficiently strung the bow, and could make the shot through the twelve ax sockets. T/F
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F
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Circe told Odysseus that he alone should hear the song of the Sirens T/F
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F
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Nectar and Ambrosia is indeed food of the gods. T/F
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F
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Odysseus did not fall in love with Calypso.T/F
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F
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A magic herb protects Odysseus against being changed into a swine by Circe. T/F
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T
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Persephone is the queen of the underworld. T/F
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T
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Odysseus and Penelope's secret sign is a olive growing in their bedroom. T/F
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F
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The Siren's song was not heard by Odysseus' men because earwax was placed in their ears. T/F
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T
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Telemachus and Odysseus the take on the suiters and kill them alone. T/F
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F
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Odysseus tells Penelope the truth after it is revealed in "challenge." T/F
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F
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Penelope takes the shroud apart at night to buy time for Odysseus' return to prevent marriage. T/F
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T
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The Odyssey can be applied to our lives today.
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T
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Mrs. Desmond Odyssey Unit
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Cut apart and study
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Who was Odysseus' father; Pelelope's shroud was for him?
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Lord Laertes
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Who was Odysseus' swineherd?
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Eumaeus
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Who was the most insidious suitor?
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Antinous
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What people did Odysseus tell his story to?
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Phaecians
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Who pleaded for mercy from Odysseus in Odysseus' Revenge
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Eurymachus
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Who is the hero of the Odyssey?
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Odysseus
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