The daughter of Titan Atlas, who lives on the island of Ogygia. Kept Odysseus on her island for ten years.
Who is Calypso
The king of gods and men. Rules on Mount Olympus.
Who is Zeus
The prince of Ithaca, the favorite of the goddess Athena, husband of Penelope, and father of Telemachus.
Who is Odysseus
The one-eyed Cyclops, son of Poseidon. Odysseus blinds him.
Who is Polyphemus
The modern word that has a root in the Greek language, means "chance happening or luck", and is from Fortuna, the goddess of luck
What is fortune?
The witch who lived on the island of Aiaia, daughter of Helios and the nymph Perse. Bewitches men, including Odysseus's crew and turns them into pigs.
Who is Circe?
The goddess of wisdom, weaving, and war arts.
Athena
The son of Zeus and the most famous of the Golden Age heroes. Known for his tremendous strength.
Who is Heracles (Roman name: Hercules)
The monsters who are often depicted with women's heads and birds' bodies. Perched on top of craggy rocks whose songs would drown sailors.
Who are sirens
The modern word that has a root in the Greek language, means "relating to war", and is from Mars, the god of war
What is Martial
The titan god of the sun, was most often depicted in his chariot with golden horses. Loved his cows ;)
Who is Helios
The god of light, music, prophecy, and medicine.
Who is Apollo
Ruler of Mycenae, the largest kingdom is Greece. Odysseus speaks to him in the underworld.
Who is Agamemnon
Who is Scylla
The modern word that has a root in the Greek language, means "wheat, oats, corn", and is from Ceres, the god of agriculture.
What is Cereal
The titan god who disobeyed Zeus to help mortals, giving them fire and, in some stories, teaching them the arts of civilization as well. Zeus punished him by chaining him to a crag where an eagle came by every day to eat his liver.
Who is Prometheus
The son of Zeus, and the nymph Maia, the messenger of the gods as well as the god of travelers, trickery, commerce, and boundaries.
Who is Hermes
The son of the craftsman Daedalus. He and his father escaped Crete on sets of wings made from feathers and wax. He ignored his father's warnings not to fly too close to the son and his wax wings melted.
The powerful whirlpool on the other side of the multiheaded monster, ships who wanted to avoid the monster on the other side were swallowed whole.
Who is Charybdis
The modern word has a root in the Greek language, means "keeping in sight, but out of reach", and is from Tantalus.
What is Tantalize
The goddess of the moon, Helios' sister, who drove a silver chariot across the night sky.
Who is Selene
The son of Zeus, the god of wine, revelry, and ecstasy.
Who is Dionysus
The legendary most beautiful woman the ancient world, queen of Sparta. Set in motion the Trojan war.
Who is Helen
The monster is named after Minos who's appearance is similar to a bull.
What is the Minotaur
The modern word that has a root in the Greek language, means "regard with reverence", and is from Venus
What is Venerate