Monsters
House of Death
Arriving Home
100
Beautiful part-bird, part-woman creatures who sang sweet songs and caused sailors to swim/sail to their doom.
Who are the Sirens?
100
The great king who was brutally murdered by his wife.
Who is Agamemnon?
100
The ringleaders of the group of suitors vying for Penelope's hand in marriage
Who are Antinous and Eurymachus?
200
The son of Poseidon whom Odysseus blinded in order to escape his lair.
Who is Polyphemus?
200
One of Odysseus's companions who died on the island of Circe.
Who is Elpenor?
200
The loyal swineherd that helped Odysseus in his battle with the suitors.
Who is Eumaeus?
300
Two monsters who live on opposite sides of a strait; one is a giant whirlpool who sucks in and spits out water three times a day, the other is a beast with six arms used to pluck sailors off the decks of their ships and devour them.
Who are Scylla and Charybdis?
300
The prophet that Odysseus sought to meet
Who is Tiresias?
400
A nymph who turned Odysseus's men into pigs. She also craved Odysseus for her husband and tried to keep him from returning home.
Who is Circe?
400
A ghost who is still angry at Odysseus for his victory from the Trojan War.
Who is Ajax?
500
A nymph who rescues Odysseus from the sea.
Who is Calypso?
500
The ghost who asks Odysseus for news of the noble Peleus.
Who is Achilles?
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