Gods & Monsters
The Cyclops that Odysseus provoked
Who is Polyphemus?
Odysseus spent a year on this island
What is Aeaea island?
Circe turned Odysseus' men into this animal
What are pigs (swine)?
While Odysseus was away, many suitors tried to court her
Who is Penelope?
Offerings that the Greeks gifted to their gods or the dead
What is libation?
These 2 monsters simultaneously attacked Odysseus and his men
Who are Scylla and Charybdis?
Home of the keeper of the winds, Aeolus
What is Aeolia?
Odysseus' men plugged their ears with this substance when entering the Siren territory
What is wax?
The first family member Odysseus meets during his return
Who is Telemachus?
Eurylochus claims that this is the most undignified death
What is starvation?
Monstrous beings that Odysseus and his men encounter in the Land of The Cannibals
What are the Laestrygonians?
The home of Helios' cattle
What is Thrinacia?
Convinced Odysseus' crew to devour a god's sacred animals
Who is Eurylochus?
Odysseus and his son fight together against them
Who are the suitors?
In "Penelope," Odysseus insists that to do this in someone else's home is highly disrespectful
What is crying?
Cursed Odysseus' voyage to avenge his cattle
Who is Helios?
The blind prophet, Tiresias, dwells in this place
What is the Land of the Dead (the Underworld)?
Odysseus met this old comrade of his in the Land of the Dead
Who is Elpenor?
Who is Anticlea?
According to Antinous, men in power are not obligated to show signs of this particular Greek value
What is hospitality?
Guides Odysseus once he returns to Ithaca
Who is Athena?
The last destination of Odysseus' before arriving home to Ithaca
What is Phaeacia?
How long were Odysseus and his crew gone from Ithaca?
What is 20 years?
Odysseus' grandfather
Who is Autolycus?
The Sirens are notorious for targeting this emotion in men that betrays the moral standard of Greek values
What is pride?