98686 Intermediate Trivia Questions
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For how many years does Penelope weave and unravel her work?
Answer
Three years
What is Penelope weaving to delay her suitors?
Answer
A shroud for Laertes
Who is the leader of Penelope's suitors?
Answer
Antinous
What is the name of Odysseus's old nurse?
Answer
Eurycleia
How many heads does the monster Scylla have?
Answer
Six
Which sea god is the main divine antagonist of Odysseus?
Answer
Poseidon
Who is the son of Nestor who accompanies Telemachus?
Answer
Peisistratus
Who is the mother of the Cyclops Polyphemus?
Answer
Thoosa
What river does Odysseus encounter at the entrance of Hades?
Answer
Acheron
Which suitor tries to blame Antinous after the bow contest?
Answer
Eurymachus
What is the name of the cowherd who helps Odysseus against the suitors?
Answer
Philoetius
Who is the father of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians?
Answer
Nausithous
What is the name of the floating island of Aeolus?
Answer
Aeolia
What animal does Circe turn Odysseus's men into?
Answer
pigs
What is the name of the island of the sun god Helios?
Answer
Thrinacia
Who is the loyal swineherd of Odysseus?
Answer
Eumaeus
Which blind seer does Odysseus consult in the Underworld?
Answer
Tiresias
Who is the king of the Phaeacians who helps Odysseus?
Answer
Alcinous
What is the name of the island of the Phaeacians?
Answer
Scheria
Who are the people who offer Odysseus's men the forgetful lotus fruit?
Answer
Lotus-Eaters
Which nymph keeps Odysseus on her island for seven years?
Answer
Calypso
What is the name of Odysseus's faithful dog?
Answer
Argos
Who killed the Trojan archer Pandarus?
Answer
Diomedes
Who was the father of Patroclus?
Answer
Menoetius
Which Greek hero wounded the goddess Aphrodite?
Answer
Diomedes
Which Greek hero wounded the god Ares in battle?
Answer
Diomedes
Who was the Lycian king killed by Patroclus?
Answer
Sarpedon
Which Greek hero killed the Trojan prince Polydorus?
Answer
Achilles
Who killed the Trojan Euphorbus?
Answer
Menelaus
Who was the first Trojan to wound Patroclus in battle?
Answer
Euphorbus
Who was the Greek healer who treated Menelaus's arrow wound?
Answer
Machaon
In which book of the Iliad is Hector killed?
Answer
Book 22
In which book of the Iliad does Patroclus die?
Answer
Book 16
Who was the Trojan ally who wounded Diomedes with an arrow?
Answer
Pandarus
Who was the Trojan prince who married Helen after Paris's death?
Answer
Deiphobus
Which river god fought against Achilles?
Answer
Scamander
Who was the leader of the Lycians who fought for the Trojans?
Answer
Sarpedon
Which Greek hero was the son of Tydeus?
Answer
Diomedes
What was the name of the river near Troy where battles took place?
Answer
Scamander