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1.     How long did it take Odysseus to return home from the Trojan War?

2.     According to Google Maps, how long should this trip have taken?

3.     According to archeological evidence, when did the Trojan War occur?

4.     When did Homer compose The Odyssey?

5.     What is the definition of “epic poem”?

6.     Who is Odysseus’ wife?

7.     Who is Odysseus’ son?

8.     What happens in the cave of the Cyclops?

9.     Is Odysseus a hero? Why or why not?

10.  What is considered one of the most beautiful lines in all of Homer?

Answers

1. It took Odysseus 10 years to return home

2. According to google maps it should have taken him 2 weeks

3. According to archeological evidence the Trojan war occurred during the 12th century B.C.E.

4.  Homer composed The Odyssey during the 8th century B.C.E

5. The definition of epic poem is a long narrative poem; on a serious subject; written in a grand or elevated style; centered on a larger- than-life hero

6. Odysseus' wife is Penelope

7. Odysseus' son is Telemachus 

8. The Cyclops returns to his house and sees all the men and then starts to eat them. Then Odysseus makes the cyclops drunk and spears him in the eye with a flaming stick. The cyclops says no-man is hurting me and so no one else to came to save him but Odysseus wanted them to know. So he told them his real name and the cyclops call down curses on him and all his men get killed.

9. Yes, he is considered a hero because back then if a man slept with a lot of women then they were considered heroic which Odysseus did. Also he killed all the monsters that were trying to kill him and his men in order to get back to his family.

10. The most beautiful line in Homer is "and so she to rejoiced, her gaze upon her husband. her white arms round him pressed as though forever".