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The Odyssey

by Homer

Monsters! Who am I? Gods and Goddesses

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Odysseus must use intelligence to escape this incredibly large monster, or he will

become an appetizer.

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Only a visit to the land of these will you receive a flower that will make you not

wish to return home.

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Go this route, and this monster will kill six of your men!

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Go this route, and the threat of Odysseus losing all of his men is present.

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These creatures, part woman and part bird, use songs to lure sailors to their death.

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The name of Odysseus’ wife

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The king of the Phaeacians; Odysseus tells him stories of his adventures from Book 9

through Book 12.

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The name of Odysseus’s son

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The father of Odysseus

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The names of the two suitors Odysseus must defeat at the end of the epic.

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The name of the blind prophet Odysseus must visit in the underworld

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Odysseus stays with this Goddess for a year after she turns his men into swine

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The God of the sea and earthquakes; also the father of Polyphemus

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When Odysseus accomplishes the final task of shooting the bow, this God sends down

a thunderbolt letting everyone know the great Odysseus has returned to his castle.

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The guardian of the winds; gives Odysseus a bag of favorable winds and a bag

unfavorable winds which causes problems for Odysseus’s return trip home.

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The epic begins long before Odysseus returns from battle during this war.

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Odysseus’s greatest weapon

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After his return home, Odysseus must complete this final task proving he is the

King

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Odysseus’ main goal is to return home to this place.

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Odysseus receives the most help from this Goddess during his fight with the suitors.

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Considered Odysseus’ greatest weakness, we see it when he yells his name back to

the Cyclops.

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Since Odysseus wants know one to know that he has come back home, he disguises

himself as this.

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Penelope gives Odysseus another test as she tells him their bed was removed from their bedroom. This, of course, is impossible because their bed

is made from this.

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At the beginning of the epic, Homer prays to this Goddess for help in telling the story of

Odysseus.

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It took Odysseus this many years to return home from the war.

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Answer KeyMonsters! Who am I? Gods and

GoddessesGotta Love the

EpicExtra! Extra!

The Cyclops Penelope Tiresias Trojan War Ego

Lotus Eaters Alcinous Circe Bow and Arrow Beggar

Scylla Telemachus Poseidon Shoot Arrow through 12 Axe

Heads

Olive Tree Trunk

Charybdis Laertes Zeus Ithaca Muse

Sirens Antinous and Eurymachus

Hermes Athena Ten