The Odyssey Characters Exam with Questions and Answers

The Odyssey Characters Exam with Questions and Answers Odysseus ANSWER The protagonist of the Odyssey. Odysseus fought among the other Greek heroes at Troy and now struggles to return to his kingdom in Ithaca. Husband of Penelope and father of Telemachus. Favorite of Athena and enemy of Poseidon. Telemachus ANSWER Odysseus's son. An infant when Odysseus left for Troy, Telemachus is about twenty at the beginning of the story. He is a natural obstacle to the suitors desperately courting his mother. Penelope ANSWER Wife of Odysseus and mother of Telemachus. Penelope spends her days in the palace pining for the husband who left for Troy twenty years earlier and never returned. Athena ANSWER Daughter of Zeus. Athena assists Odysseus and Telemachus with divine powers throughout the epic, and she speaks up for them in the councils of the gods. She disguises herself as Mentor, an old friend of Odysseus. Poseidon ANSWER God of the sea. He is the divine antagonist.. He hates Odysseus because he blinded his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus. He constantly gives him a hard time to get home. Zeus ANSWER King of gods and men. He mediates the disputes of the gods on Mount Olympus. Zeus is occasionally depicted as weighing men's fates in his scales. He sometimes helps Odysseus or permits Athena to do the same. Antinous ANSWER The most arrogant of Penelope's suitors. Leads the campaign to