The Odyssey Character Quiz - Statistics

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  • The average score is 13 of 25
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Hint Answer % Correct
The main hero; wants to get home to his wife and son Odysseus
99%
The wife of the above; has been avoiding remarriage for years Penelope
93%
An immortal goddess who lives alone on an island; kept the main hero captive for many years Calypso
85%
The son of the above; thinks his father is dead Telemachus
84%
A demi-goddess who also lives on an island; turns the hero's crew into pigs Circe
83%
Goddess of wisdom and warfare; helps the hero throughout Athene
75%
God of the oceans; tries to kill the hero as revenge for him blinding his son Poseidon
75%
God of travel, thievery, messengers etc.; acts as Zeus' messenger and helps the hero a few times Hermes
70%
A group of insolent, rude young men; have been trying to court the hero's wife for many years The Suitors
67%
Son of the above; is a monstrous cyclops who eats some of the hero's crew Polyphemus
64%
Most beautiful woman in the world; recovered from Troy and happily reunited with her real husband Helen
55%
The most powerful Greek warrior at Troy; a ghost in the underworld Achilles
49%
Leader of the suitors; is the most rude and is the first to die Antinous
49%
The greatest Greek hero of all time who completed 12 labours; a ghost in the underworld Heracles
47%
A former king of Mycenae who went to Troy but was murdered by his wife at home; a ghost in the underworld Agamemnon
46%
A mortal princess who discovers the hero by a river Nausicaa
46%
The father of the above; king of Scherie who hosts the hero Alcinous
38%
Former nurse of the hero; recognises him by a scar on his leg Eurycleia
35%
Brother of the above, still alive; happily remarried to the below Menelaus
35%
Loyal swineherd who serves in the hero's palace Eumaeus
31%
King of Pylos who went to Troy; tries to help the hero's son Nestor
29%
A minor sea goddess; aids the hero by giving him a veil to prevent him from drowning Ino
26%
The mother of the hero; now a ghost in the underworld Anticleia
19%
A bard who serves at the palace of the Phaeacian king; sings about Troy and the extramarital affair of the goddess Aphrodite with Ares Demodocus
16%
A loyal cowherd who served in the hero's palace Philoetius
11%
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