My Perspectives: The Odyssey

Who are the sirens?

• Dangerous creatures, who enchant the sailor with their hair

• Dangerous creatures, who enchant the sailor with their voices

• A nymph who captures Odysseus

What did Odysseus do to all men who are trying to marry his wife?

• He asks them to leave

• He gives them presents

• He kills them all

What method of alluring men do both Circe and Sirens use?

• money

• singing

• beauty

• food

What advise does Circe give to save the men from the Sirens?

• Go around the Sirens

• Find a sacrifice for them

• Disguise your ship 

• Put wax in your ears

Athena disguises Odysseus as a _______.

• Sailor

• Beggar

• Suitor

• Soldier

The Lotus Eaters enticed the men to

• fight

• stay in their land

• turn into pigs

• mutiny against Odysseus

in the first part of a story when the speaker asks for help from the gods

• muse

• homeric simile

• liturgy

• invocation

She had twelve tentacles and six heads that stole men from their ships as they sailed by.

• Cyclops

• Calypso

• Scylla

• Penelope

She loved Odysseus but allowed him to leave when Zeus demanded it.

• Scylla

• Charybdis

• Penelope

• Calypso

He received no help from his relatives because he was awkward with words after Odysseus gave a fake name.

• Circe

• Charybdis

• Teiresias

• Polyphemus