Odyssey Part II
Study Game
A bag of wind
• In order to help him get home, Aeolus gives
Odysseus ___________.
All the winds blow freely because of what the
crew does, and the ship is blown off course.
• In this section, what happens that causes
Odysseus and his men to return to sea?
She offers them food and drink.
• When the men next wash ashore, how does
Circe lure them into her palace?
She casts a spell on them and turns
them into pigs.
• What happens to half of Odysseus’ men at the
hands of Circe?
They are turned into the thing they
want the most.
• What is significant about what happens to
these men?
The men are lost and starving.
• Eurolychus disapproves of Odysseus’
leadership because
Hermes
• Who helps Odysseus so that he is not affected
by Circe’s magic?
The Land of the Dead
• Circe tells Odysseus that he must go to
__________ to find out how to get home.
He wants to use the blood to make a
sacrifice to Tiresias, Penelope, and
Hades.
• When Odysseus is trying to draw Tiresias near,
he creates a pit and slaughters several
animals. Why does he do this?
His mother, one of his former soldiers,
and Tiresias
• Who does Odysseus see when he is in Hades?
Travel through Scylla and Charybdis,
not touch Helios’ cattle, and honor
Poseidon
• What does Tiresias tell Odysseus?
He will get home with all his men alive.
• If Odysseus follows Tiresias’ advice, what will
happen?
They sing and lure men to their shores
to kill them.
• After his talk with Tiresias, Odysseus and his
men sail past the Sirens. What is their special
power?
He must have his crew tie him to the
mast of the ship
• What must Odysseus do in order to survive his
encounter with the Sirens?
0
• How many men does Odysseus lose to the
Sirens?
A creature that has multiple heads and
tentacles
• Who is Scylla?
A giant whirlpool
• Who is Charybdis?
6
• How many men does Odysseus lose to Scylla?
0
• How many men does Odysseus lose to
Charybdis?
She is hidden behind fog and vines.
• Why is Charybdis dangerous?
Sleeping away the afternoon
• Odysseus’ men kill Helios’ cattle while
Odysseus is
They hope that Helios will accept their
offering and not punish them.
• Why do Odysseus’ men slaughter the cattle
with great ceremony?
All of the men die except for Odysseus,
and he is left to drift on the ocean
• What happens to Odysseus and his crew after
Zeus punishes them for eating the cattle?
Calypso’s Island
• Where does Odysseus end up after he and his
men are punished?
King Alcinous
• To whom is Odysseus telling his story?
Direct
• What type of characterization is the following
quote?
• “Her legs -- and there are twelve – are like
great tentacles, unjointed, and upon her
serpent necks are borne six heads like rows of
fangs and deep gullets of black death.”
Indirect
• What type of characterization is the following
quote?
• “Then I addressed the blurred and breathless
dead, vowing to slaughter my best heifer for
them before she calved, at home in Ithaca,
and burn the choice bits on the altar fire.”
Indirect
• What type of characterization is the following
quote?
• “Friends, have we never been in danger
before this? More fearsome, is it now, than
when the Cyclops penned us in his cave? What
power he had! Did I not keep my nerve, and
use my wits to find a way out for us?
Direct
• What type of characterization is the following
quote?
• “My faithful company rested on their oars
now”
Types of Conflict
man vs. technology
• Telemachus tries to string the bow
Man vs. Himself
• Odysseus mourns the loved ones he sees in
Hades
Man vs. Society
• Penelope must remarry so that Ithaca may
have a king
Man vs. Nature
• Odysseus and his men are starving and cannot
catch food
Man vs. supernatural
• Athena appears to speak to Odysseus
Man vs. man
• Odysseus engages in battle against other
soldiers