Homer and the Odyssey

Telemachus is

• one of Odysseus' men.

• the Greek god of war.

• Odysseus' son.

• Odysseus' wife.

Calypso is

• helping Odysseus sail across the seas.

• Odysseus' wife.

• is holding Odysseus on her island.

• wants to help Polyphemus get revenge.

Polyphemus' father is

• Zeus.

• Ares.

• Hades.

• Poseidon.

Polyphemus

• had one eye.

• had one ear.

• had one arm.

• had one leg.

Odysseus' home and his wife are being bothered by

• a horrible plague.

• a drought.

• a group of suitors who want to marry his wife.

• a flood.

Odysseus tells Polyphemus

• that his name is Nobody.

• that he has ten ships in the harbor.

• that he is returning home from the Trojan War.

• that he wants to buy sheep and goats from Polyphemus.

Aeolus gives Odysseus

• a bag of gold and treasure.

• one of his daughters as a wife.

• a bag that contains and controls the winds.

Circe turns Odysseus' men into

• deer.

• pigs or swine.

• dogs.

• lions.

Athena is the goddess of

• agriculture.

• wisdom.

• poetry.

• Sparta.

Aeolus lives on a

• floating island made of bronze.

• castle on a high hill.

• a hut on a warm beach.

• on the island of Ithaca.