Name ____________
Teacher __________
Period ___________
English I
Spring 2012
The
Odyssey
Date ____________
The Odyssey Study Guide Part 2
1.
Who is the god of the winds? (map # _____) 858
2.
What was in the bag that Aeolus gave Ulysses? 858
3.
What was the consequence of Odysseus’ men disobedience? 858
4.
Who were the Laestrygonians? (map # _____) 858
5.
Who turned Odysseus’s men into pigs? (map # _____) 858
6.
What god provided a special herb to restore Odysseus’s men to human form?
858
7.
How long did Odysseus stay on the island with Circe? 858
8.
Where did Odysseus have to go before he could leave the island where Circe
lived? 858
9.
Who did Odysseus meet in the land of the dead? (map # _____)858
10. What good news did Tiresias give Odysseus? 858
11.
How is the dawn PERSONIFIED in line 1? 858
12. Which sea nymph sent the gentle breeze that carried Odysseus safely from the
island when he left Circe? 858
13. Why were Odysseus and his crew drawn to the sirens? (map # _____) 859
14. How did they manage to avoid succumbing to the power of the sirens? 859
15. How many sirens were there? 859
16. Describe the dangerous monster Odysseus’s men encounter after escaping the
sirens. (map # _____) 861
17. Why didn’t Odysseus tell the crew about Scylla? 861
18. What SIMILE is used to describe Charybdis in line 110? (map # _____) 861
19. How many men did Odysseus lose to Scylla? 862
20. List the reasons Eurylochus gives to land on the island of Helios. (map # _____)
863
21. What oath did Odysseus have the crew swear to before they embarked on the
island of the sun? 864
22. How are hunger and thirst PERSONIFIED in lines 197? 865
23. What EPITHET does Homer continue to use to describe the dawn in line 206?
865
24. Why are Odysseus and his crew unable to leave the island? How long are they
stranded there? 865
25. Why wasn’t Odysseus with the men when they disobeyed his orders? 865
26. What type of death did Eurylochus say would be the worst? 866
27. What plans did Eurylochus propose to appease Helios? 866
28. What are “kine”? 866
29. Which EPITHET is used to describe Zeus in line 311? 867
30. What threat does Helios make if Odysseus is not punished? 867
31. What strange things happened with the cows that the
men slaughtered? 867
32. What harsh punishment did Zeus send on Odysseus and his crew after they left
the island of the sun? 868
33. What 2 SIMILES are used in lines 326-335 to describe the scene? 868
34. By the end of part two how many survivors were there? 868
35. How is Charybdis PERSONIFIED in line 354? 868
36. Who kept Odysseus safe from Scylla during his second encounter with her? 869
37. What EPITHET is used to describe Zeus in line 372? 869
38. Who lived on Ogygia? (map # _____) 869