The Return of the Odyssey

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  1. Odysseus'son Telemachus was prince of what island?
  2. Telemachus' grandfather is whom?
  3. Now there is before the city of Troy a steep mound afar out in the plain with a clear space about it on this side and on that, this do the Trojans call Batieia and we call Thorn Hill but the immortals call it the barrow of whom?
  4. Which shining goddess brought Odysseus some linen to make the sails for his raft?
  5. Odysseus' men foolishly ate the cattle of the sun god Helios. Which island did Helios graze his kine on?
  6. Which daughter of the Priest Chryses' was sent home by the Achaeans in a black ship along with a hetacomb?
  7. In Book III of the Iliad two men fought a duel. According to Agamemnon, who won?
  8. Zeus and which goddess call and dismiss the assemblies of men and gods?
  9. The prize for winning an archery contest in Ancient Greek Epic is a woman. Which mortal man won the archery contest for Penelope's hand in marriage?
  10. Oedipus's final resting place is in the sanctuary for which Athenian hero?

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