How does the story starts?

Where is Odysseus at this point?

How does Athena get involved?

It is suggested that Odysseus was not faithful physically to his wife while he was trapped by the goddesses. What does this say about marriage?

Where does Odysseus go after he gets off the island?

Odysseus then tells what happened in the ten years after the Trojan war. How does it start?

What happened after they escaped the land of the Cicones?

why wasthe length of the storms a problem?

After the long storm ended where did they land?

what is the theme of the Odyssey

In book nine, after escaping the land of the Lotus eaters where did they end up? What do they do when they land there

How are the cyclopes a paradox?

Why does Odysseus go to the cyclops's cave? What does he bring with him?

What did the men suggest they do when they got to the cave? What was Odysseus' choice. did he regret his choice later?

What does the cyclops do when he returns? Why is this a problem?

How does the cyclops treat the men when he sees them? How does this demonstrate Greek culture?

How did Odysseus try to mediate the situation? did it work?

What was the cyclops trying to do when asking about the ship? What did Odysseus tell him?

What barbaric thing does the cyclops do? What makes it so bad, besides the obvious, in the Greek mind

How can we say the men are between a rock and a hard place?

What happens in the morning?

What does Odysseus decide to do?

What happens when the cyclops gets back?

After the cyclops falls asleep, what do the men do?

What do we learn about this cyclops when he calls for help. why was the name Odysseus gave the cyclops very smart?

What does Polyphemus do next?

What do the men do to get past Polyphemus?

What stupid thing does Odysseus do once they are on their ship again?

How does Polyphemus react to this?

Even though his men tell him to shut up, Odysseus yells back at Polyphemus again? What did he say? Why is this important? What happened after?

Give brief storyline for book 10.

How is the underworld described? How do you get there? How do you get to the dead?