The Odyssey Part 1 Practice Questions and Answers

The Odyssey Part 1 Practice Questions and Answers Aeolus - Correct Answer ️️ -God of the winds Agamemnon - Correct Answer ️️ -King and leader of the Greek forces Alcinous - Correct Answer ️️ -King of Phaeacians to whom Odysseus tells his story Anticlea - Correct Answer ️️ -Odysseus's mother Athena - Correct Answer ️️ -Daughter of Zeus; goddess of wisdom; helps both Telemachus and Odysseus Calypso - Correct Answer ️️ -Sea goddess who imprisons Odysseus for 7 years. Charybdis - Correct Answer ️️ -Monster in the form of a giant whirlpool Circe - Correct Answer ️️ -The sorceress who turns Odysseus's men into pigs Cyclops - Correct Answer ️️ -Cannibal clan of one-eyed giants Epic - Correct Answer ️️ -A long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero whose actions reflect the ideals and values of a nation or race Eumaeus - Correct Answer ️️ -The swineherd (pig "shepherd") who helps Odysseus Eurycleia - Correct Answer ️️ -Loyal servant to Penelope, helped raise Odysseus and Telemachus Eurylochus - Correct Answer ️️ -Second in command on the voyage home from Troy; one who told Odysseus that their comrades were turned into pigs (swine) by a witch goddess; also provoked men to eat Helios' cattle Helen - Correct Answer ️️ -Wife of Menelaus, Queen of Sparta, her abduction by Paris started the Trojan war Helios - Correct Answer ️️ -The sun god Hermes - Correct Answer ️️ -Messenger of the gods Homer - Correct Answer ️️ -Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC) Lotus-Eaters - Correct Answer ️️ -Legendary people who live on a plant who's fruit induces stupor and forgetfulness of home Menelaus - Correct Answer ️️ -King of Sparta, b