Major Characters & Gods
This character is the king of Ithaca
Who is Odysseus?
This character falls off a roof and asks Odysseus to bury his body
Who is Elpenor?
This character hates Odysseus for harming his son and tries to kill Odysseus repeatedly
Who is Poseidon?
Odysseus is gifted a bag of wind from this God/King
Who is Aeolus?
This character is described as "the true son of King Odysseus."
Who is Telemachus?
These three characters fit the archetype of the Temptress.
What are Calypso, Circe, and the Sirens?
Odysseus does this to all of the suitors.
What is kill them?
This character is the wife of Odysseus
Who is Penelope?
This character is the blind prophet in the Underworld.
Who is Tireseas?
This character is the son of Poseidon
Who is Polyphemus (the cyclops)?
6 of Odysseus's men are killed at this location.
What is the island of the Cyclops?
This character is described as "raider of cities."
Who is Odysseus?
This is the Greek belief in treating all visitors well because the might be a god/goddess in disguise.
What is Xenia?
Penelope realizes Odysseus is truly home when he does this.
What is when he says no one could move their bed because he built it using a living tree?
This character is the messenger of the Gods.
Who is Hermes?
This character is a goddess and enchantress who turns men into pigs.
Who is Circe?
These characters sing to lure sailors to their deaths.
Who are the Sirens?
Odysseus's men are turned into pigs on this island.
What is Circe's island?
This character is described as "loveliest among goddesses."
Who is Calypso?
Penelope's challenge that she will marry the man who can string Odysseus's bow and shoot an arrow through ax heads is an example of this archetype.
What is Suitors' Contest?
Men forget their home when they do this.
What is eat the lotus plant?
This character is the son of Odysseus
Who is Telemachus
This character is a faithful swineherd who treats Odyseuss with kindness.
Who is Eumaeus?
This character is a six-headed monster who dwells in a mountain cave
What is Scylla?
Odysseus travels here to get a prophecy from Tireseas.
What is the Underworld?
This character is described as having "fingertips of rose."
What is Dawn?
The Odyssey begins with him on Calypso's island. This is the term for a story that begins in the middle.
What is "In Medias Res"?
This is the only person capable of stinging the bow.
Who is the old beggar (aka Odysseus in disguise)?
This character is the goddess who aids Odysseus repeatedly
Who is Athena?
This character is the chief suitor and is first to die in the Great Hall
Who is Antinous?
This character a sea monster that sucks down ships
What is Charybdis?
Almost everyone dies when they visit this location.
What is Lystregonia?
This characters is described as "Lord of high noon."
Who is Helios?
An Epic Setting involves this.
A voyage of many years and many miles.
Odysseus sees this family member in the Underworld.
Who is his mother?