Book 3 Nestor at Pylos
Telemachus reaches Pylos and hears from Nestor how Agamemnon died.
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Which city does Telemachus reach first?
Answer Pylos
His ship first comes to the shore of Pylos.
SourceBook 3, lines 1-4Easy
Which old king receives Telemachus at Pylos?
Answer Nestor
The old horseman Nestor welcomes him.
SourceBook 3, lines 30-34Easy
To which god is the shore sacrifice at Pylos made?
Answer Poseidon
Black bulls are offered to the Earth-shaker.
SourceBook 3, lines 5-9Deep
Which son of Nestor travels with Telemachus to Sparta?
Answer Peisistratus
Peisistratus mounts the car beside him.
SourceBook 3, lines 35-39Medium
By whose hand did Agamemnon die, as Nestor tells it?
Answer Aegisthus
Nestor tells of the guile of Aegisthus.
SourceBook 3, lines 235-239Medium
The text behind the questions
Questions cover facts stated in Homer's Odyssey, worded by us. No translation is reproduced here. Book and line refer to the Greek line numbering, located in a public-domain English translation.