THE ODYSSEY (T and F)

• TRUE


  Odysseus spends 7 years on Calypso’s Island.
• TRUE


  Telemachus is in his early twenties at the start of the epic.
• FALSE


  Teiresias warns Odysseus not to harm the serpent of the seas on his voyage.
• FALSE


  Poseidon despises Odysseus for disrespecting the sea.
• TRUE


  Athena assists Odysseus and Telemachus and speaks up for them in the councils of the Gods on Mount Olympus. 
• FALSE


  Eurycleia recognizes Odysseus from the sound of his voice.
• TRUE


  Lotus plant makes the sailors forget their desire to return home.
• TRUE


  Nestor is the King of Pylos
• FALSE


  Eumaeus finds Odysseus on the Island of Scheria, the land of Phaecians, kind and splendid sailors.
• TRUE


  Odysseus blinded Cyclops Polyphemus which greatly angered Poseidon.
• FALSE


  Anticleia died from starvation while waiting for his son’s return to Ithaca
• FALSE


  Odysseus is able to listen safely to the siren’s songs by eating a lotus flower. 
• FALSE


  The sorceress who turns Odysseus's men into swine is Calypso.
• FALSE


  Athena disguises herself as a beggar to make preparations for Telemachus’s journey.
• FALSE


  Odysseus faced the sacred oxen while passing Scylla and Charybdis. 
• TRUE


  Ajax raped Cassandra which later on brought disaster upon the homecoming of the Greek fleet. 
• TRUE


  Penelope organizes an archery contest to test her suitors upon Odysseus return. 
• FALSE


  Antinous is the only decent man seeking Penelope’s hand in marriage.
• FALSE


  Argos is the master of the winds
• TRUE


  Odysseus spends 10 years trying to return home after the Trojan War.