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Odyssey Books 1-10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| how many muses did Zeus have | 9 |
| Who did Homer pray to for help when writing the Oddesy | the nine muses of Zeus |
| Who's cattle do the men eat that causes them to die | Helios's |
| What god did not have pity on Ody | Poseidon |
| When we first meet Telamachys, what is he doing? | looking for his father |
| Who kept Ody prisoner for 7 years | Calypso |
| Who is Ody's protector | Athena |
| What does Zeus command Hermes to do | go and rescue Ody |
| What did Calypso say she would give to Ody if he stayed | immortality |
| why was Calypso dangerous | her seductive charm |
| What does Poseidon do when he realises that Ody is not a prisoner anymore? | he destroys his raft and creates a storm in the sea |
| what island does Ody end up on after the storm? | Scheria |
| What does Athena shower on Ody | leaves |
| who finds ody on the shore of Shceria | Nauscisaa |
| Why do Greeks have such good hospitality | because any stranger that shows up randomly is considered god sent |
| who is Ody's father | King Laertes |
| ody's home | Ithica |
| Two goddesses that inhibit Ody getting home | Calypso and Circe |
| where does Ody end up after Scheria? | the Cicone coast, island of Ismoros |
| What happens on Ismoros | they act like pirates, and get destroyed by the Cicone army |
| Where does Ody end up after Ismoros | Lotus Eater Island |
| What happens on Lotus Eater island | the people offer them the Lotus plant, and they eat it and forget about reality, and then they dont want to go home so ody has to tie them to the boat and sail off |
| What is the Cyclops name | Polephemus |
| who is the Cyclops realated to | Poseidon |
| What happens with the cyclops | they get trapped in his cave so they get him drunk and then blind him by shoving a stick in his eye, and then they attach themselves to the back of the sheep and then they can escape, he says that his nameisnobody and then he shows hubrey when they escape |
| how does poseidon respond to this | he gives ody kolasis (punishment for hubrey) and he brings upon a whole bunch of storms at sea |
| Where does Ody end up after the cyclops | island of Aeolia |
| what does Aeoleus do | he does ody a favor by putting all of the winds in the bag |
| What do they do to the bag | they open it and all of the winds come out because they were told there was treasure in there |
| where do they go after Aeolia | Lastragonyans island |
| what happens on Lastrygonyans island | they are eaten by cannibals and 11 out of the 12 ships are destroyed |
| where do they go after Lastrygonyans | Aeaea |
| What happens in Aeaea | Circe keeps him prisoner for a year, Eurachys says we should go explore, and then they all get turned into pigs, Ody is able to save them by giving Circe the moly plant (given to him by Hermes) and then they are taken prisoner for a year banging her |