The Odyssey Study Guide 2024 Questions With Complete Answers
This study guide is based off the book, "The Odyssey" spoken by blind poet, Homer, and translated by Samuel Butler. Disclaimer: The characters mentioned in this set are the Roman names of the Odyssey (names on the left are Roman names, the ones on the right are the Greek translation). (Ulysses = Odysseus) (Minerva = Athena) (Neptune = Poseidon) (Pluto = Hades) Who wrote the Odyssey? - CORRECT ANSWER Blind poet, Homer. In what year was the Odyssey composed? - CORRECT ANSWER 700 B.C.E. Who is the goddess who assists Ulysses? - CORRECT ANSWER It was Minerva/Athena, the daughter of Jove/Jupiter. How long did it take Odysseus/Ulysses to complete his journey back to Ithaca? - CORRECT ANSWER 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 Ulysses travel to after the trojan war? (*hint* there are 14 places) - CORRECT ANSWER 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... - CORRECT ANSWER Aged nursemaid who remained loyal to Penelope and Telemachus.
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