Odyssey Book 9

See how well you can remember what happens in the Odyssey, Book 9.

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  • Created by: Andy Keen
  • Created on: 21-01-13 22:32
The King to whom Odysseus tells his story.
Alcinous
1 of 22
Divine character who kept Odysseus in her cavern home
Calypso
2 of 22
Ismarus is the city of these people
Cicones
3 of 22
Zeus is described as marshalling these
clouds
4 of 22
Flowery fruit eaten by islanders Odysseus meets
lotus
5 of 22
Animals kept by the Cyclopes
goats
6 of 22
This appears fresh and rosy-fingered, quite often!
Dawn
7 of 22
Odysseus orders his men to follow him and loose these thick cables
hawsers
8 of 22
Odysseus fills this with wine, when he leaves the ship
goatskin
9 of 22
The bowls in the Cyclops's cave are swimming with this
whey
10 of 22
The Cyclops addresses Odysseus and his men as this when he first speaks to them
Strangers
11 of 22
The Cyclops dashes Odysseus's men's heads against the floor as though they were these animals.
Puppies
12 of 22
The Cyclops washes down the meal of human flesh with this sort of milk.
unwatered
13 of 22
Odysseus offers dark wine to the Cyclops in a bowl made of this
olivewood
14 of 22
The Cyclops describes the wine as a "drop of the real nectar and..."
ambrosia
15 of 22
Odysseus gives this name to the Cyclops when he asks
Nobody
16 of 22
The name of the Cyclops
Polyphemus
17 of 22
Odysseus's men escaped from the cave tied under these
rams
18 of 22
The Cyclops says his favourite animal must be grieved for this.
eye
19 of 22
Odysseus's father
Laertes
20 of 22
Epithet of Poseidon
Earthshaker
21 of 22
Father of Zeus
Cronos
22 of 22

Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

Divine character who kept Odysseus in her cavern home

Back

Calypso

Card 3

Front

Ismarus is the city of these people

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Zeus is described as marshalling these

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Flowery fruit eaten by islanders Odysseus meets

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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Comments

Millie Gladwin

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i dont understand the card about think cables?

Millie Gladwin

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*thick

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