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The Iliad and Odyssey Trivia Quiz

This is a challenging quiz to test your knowledge about Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, A lot of obscure names and facts -- good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by andromache. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
andromache

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
19,674

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 15

Plays
1910

Last 3 plays: Guest 5 (6/15), Guest 37 (9/15), Guest 137 (7/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Who is Zeus' son, killed by the Greeks? Hint

Sarpedon

Phaistos

Tydeus

Idomeneus

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Question 2 of 15

2. Who is the son of one of the seven at Thebes? Hint

Lykaon

Aias

Diomedes

Agamemnon

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Question 3 of 15

3. Which book of the Iliad is considered spurious by some scholars? Hint

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Question 4 of 15

4. In Chryses' prayer to Apollo, he calls him 'lord in strength' over which place?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 15

5. Who is the son of Asklepios? Hint

Teucer

Machaon

Patroclus

Adrestos

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Question 6 of 15

6. Why did Patroclus leave his homeland as a youth and come to live with Achilles? Hint

he was in love with Achilles

he was schooled with Achilles

his parents died

he killed another boy by accident

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Question 7 of 15

7. Whose horse spoke? Hint

Nestor

Hektor

Odysseus

Achilleus

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Question 8 of 15

8. What event ends the Iliad? Hint

the embassy of Priam

the death of Achilleus

the funeral of Hektor

the Trojan horse

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Question 9 of 15

9. Who is promoted as a role model for Telemachos? Hint

Orestes

Achilleus

Agamemnon

Nestor

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Question 10 of 15

10. What is the name of Alkinoos' bard? Hint

Phinias

Ikarios

Eurybalos

Demodokos

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Question 11 of 15

11. Who was Eurymachos' sweetheart? Hint

Eurykleia

Melantho

Nausicaa

Hermione

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Question 12 of 15

12. What is the name of Oedipus' mother, whom Odysseus sees in Hades? Hint

Electra

Epikaste

Merope

Antiope

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Question 13 of 15

13. What were Nausicaa and her women doing when Odysseus appeared? Hint

dancing

swimming

doing laundry

playing ball

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Question 14 of 15

14. Who is spared in the slaughter of the suitors? Hint

Amphimedon

Agelaos

Philoitios

Medon

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Question 15 of 15

15. What is the name of Menelaus' son by a slave woman, whose marriage is being celebrated when Telemachos arrives? Hint

Megapenthes

Autolykos

Eteoneus

Damastor

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who is Zeus' son, killed by the Greeks?

Answer: Sarpedon

Zeus and Hera had an interesting debate about the death of Sarpedon, which indicated that it might be possible for Zeus to avert Moira (fate,) but not advisable.

2. Who is the son of one of the seven at Thebes?

Answer: Diomedes

Tydeus, one of the fighters at Thebes, was especially favored by Athena, whose protection extended to his son, Diomedes.

3. Which book of the Iliad is considered spurious by some scholars?

Answer: 10

Also known as the Doloneia.

4. In Chryses' prayer to Apollo, he calls him 'lord in strength' over which place?

Answer: Tenedos

In the same prayer, Apollo is also described as having set his power of Chryse and Killa the sacrosanct.

5. Who is the son of Asklepios?

Answer: Machaon

Book 14 of the Iliad begins with Nestor speaking to Machaon.

6. Why did Patroclus leave his homeland as a youth and come to live with Achilles?

Answer: he killed another boy by accident

Although it was involuntary manslaughter, the Greek code of vengeance demanded that the relatives of the slain exact vengeance. Most killers went into exile to escape this.

7. Whose horse spoke?

Answer: Achilleus

Achilleus' horse, Xanthos, prophesied his death. Then the Furies stopped him from speaking any further.

8. What event ends the Iliad?

Answer: the funeral of Hektor

The last line of the Iliad, in Lattimore's translation, is 'Such was the burial of Hektor, breaker of horses.'

9. Who is promoted as a role model for Telemachos?

Answer: Orestes

Both Nestor and Menelaus encourage Telemachos to emulate Orestes, who avenged his father's death.

10. What is the name of Alkinoos' bard?

Answer: Demodokos

11. Who was Eurymachos' sweetheart?

Answer: Melantho

She was killed, along with the other treacherous maids, at the end of the Odyssey. In a particularly nasty turn of plot, these maids were made to clean up the carnage of the suitors' slaughter before being killed.

12. What is the name of Oedipus' mother, whom Odysseus sees in Hades?

Answer: Epikaste

Epikaste, another name for Jocasta. In Sophocles' 'Oedipus Tyrannos', Jocasta is the wife of Oedipus.

13. What were Nausicaa and her women doing when Odysseus appeared?

Answer: playing ball

The women do go out to do laundry, but end up playing when they have finished their work.

14. Who is spared in the slaughter of the suitors?

Answer: Medon

Medon, the herald, was spared at the urging of Telemachos, as was the bard Phemis.

15. What is the name of Menelaus' son by a slave woman, whose marriage is being celebrated when Telemachos arrives?

Answer: Megapenthes

It is actually a double wedding celebration, for Hermione, the daughter of Menelaus and Helen, is being sent to marry Achilles' son, Neoptolemos.

Source: Author andromache

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