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The Odyssey Study Guide Questions And Answers Latest Update
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Who wrote the Odyssey? ANS✔✔ Blind poet, Homer.
In what year was the Odyssey composed? ANS✔✔ 700 B.C.E.
Who is the goddess who assists Odysseus? ANS✔✔ It was Athena, the
daughter of Zeus.
How long did it take Odysseus to complete his journey back to Ithaca?
ANS✔✔ It took him 20 years; 10 years fighting in the Trojan War and 10
years finding his way back home due to his mishaps with immortal Gods.
In order, where did Odysseus travel to after the Trojan war? (*hint* there are
14 places) ANS✔✔ Troy, Island of the Cicones, Island of the Lotus Eaters,
Island of the Cyclopes, Island of Aeolus, Island of Laestrygonians, Aeaea
(Circe's island), The Underworld, Island of the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis,
Island of Helios, Ogygia (Calypso's island), Island of Phaecians, and Ithaca.
Eurycleia is the... ANS✔✔ Aged nursemaid who remained loyal to Penelope
and Telemachus.
What is Penelope supposedly weaving at the beginning of the epic? ANS✔✔
A shroud for Laertes.
, What prophecy did Odysseus withhold from his men? ANS✔✔ That
Odysseus will be the only one to survive and return Ithaca.
What happened when Odysseus and his crew arrived in the island of Cicones?
ANS✔✔ His men raided the island and the Cicones' army attacked his crew,
then Odysseus had lost six benches of his men during the battle.
After the island of Cicones, Odysseus lands on the island of the lotus eaters.
What happens? ANS✔✔ He sends out two of his men to scout. Then, they
were found eating the lotus, and he tied the two men up and forced them into
the ship against their will and sails away.
Which plant makes his shipmen forget their home? And what is the effect of
eating lotus? ANS✔✔ The lotus. The after effect of eating a lotus is it makes
them lose grip of reality.
Why does Odysseus lead his men into Polyphemus' cave? ANS✔✔ To get
information
How does Odysseus take advantage of the cyclops? ANS✔✔ He gets the
cyclops drunk with his wine.
Why does Odysseus only blind Polyphemus (cyclops) rather than killing him?
ANS✔✔ Polyphemus was the only one who can move the boulder from the
entrance.
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