Name ____________________
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The Odyssey
HOMER
Book Twelve
Matching:
_____ 1. Circe
a. bird-woman whose songs lure sailors to their deaths
_____ 2. Clashing Rocks
b. island home of Calypso
_____ 3. Scylla
c. king who has listened to Odysseus’ story
_____ 4. Charybdis
d. blind prophet in the underworld
_____ 5. Sirens
e. king of the gods, destroys Odysseus’ ship
_____ 6. Tiresias
f. only one ship/hero has ever survived these
_____ 7. Helios
g. monstrous whirlpool
_____ 8. Zeus
h. goddess who keeps Odysseus for one year
_____ 9. Calypso
i. island home of Helios
_____ 10. Alcinous
j. monster with six heads, eats six of Odysseus’ men
_____ 11. Thrinacia
k. sun god whose cattle Odysseus’ men eat
_____ 12. Ogygia
l. goddess who keeps Odysseus with her for seven years
13. Explain how Odysseus safely bypassed the Sirens.
14. What warning did Circe give Odysseus about Scylla? (He later forgot about)
15. How did Odysseus’ mother die?
16. What advice does Circe give him concerning Scylla and Charybdis, and what reason does
she give for this advice?
17. How many men does Odysseus lose in Book 12? How does he lose them? (Specific)
18. Why do the men eat the cattle of Helios?
19. “But if you raid the beeves, I see destruction for the ship and crew. Rough years then lie
between you and your homecoming, alone and old, the one survivor, all companions
lost.” The quote by Circe is an example of what literary technique?
20. “Old Contender” (applied to Odysseus) and “That Loveliest Goddess” (applied to Circe)
are examples of what type of figurative language?
21. In the space provided below, draw what you think Odysseus ship looks like.