Homer
Ancient Greek Epics & Drama
Homer
Ancient Greek epic poet (c. 8th century BC)
10 Questions
Timed: 15 seconds per question
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Homer trivia questions
- Which long journey home after war is told in one famous epic?
- Which city is at the center of the war in the other famous epic?
- Who is the hero known for his long voyage home?
- Which Greek warrior's anger drives much of the war epic's plot?
- What large wooden object helps the Greeks enter the enemy city in legend?
- Which sea god often blocks the hero's return journey?
- What one-eyed giant traps the hero and his men in a cave?
- What magical singing beings lure sailors off course in the sea voyage epic?
- What is the wife waiting faithfully at home for the wandering hero?
- What sea passage must the hero sail between in a famous danger scene?