Odyssey Characters
The main character of "The Odyssey".
Who is Odysseus?
Odysseus' homeland
What is Ithaca?
Odysseus struggles to get home because this god is angry with him.
Who is Poseidon?
Odysseus helps the Greeks defeat the Trojans by creating this.
What is a wooden horse?
Creatures that lure sailors into the water and drown them.
What is a Siren?
Odysseus's wife.
Who is Penelope?
"The Odyssey" is a story that starts after this war.
What is the Trojan War?
Married to Helen of Troy.
Who is King Menelaus?
Odysseus was gone from Ithaca for this long.
What is 20 years?
Athena gave Odysseus this disguise.
What is Old Beggar?
Odysseus's biological son.
Who is Telemachus?
Where Odysseus' men get turned into pigs.
What is Circe's Island?
This goddess is known to be the protector of Odysseus.
Who is (Pallas) Athena?
These last two monsters are faced by Odysseus and his men before they land on the island Thrinakia.
Who are Scylla and Charybdis?
The name "Nohbdy" tricks this character.
Who is Cyclops (Polyphemus)?
Daughter of Atlas; trapped on an island (Ogygia).
Who is Calypso?
Odysseus is detained on this island by the beautiful Calypso.
What is Ogygia?
This is the first person Odysseus is unfaithful with during his journey home.
Who is Circe?
Calypso's last attempt to convince Odysseus to stay with her is this.
What is immortality?
This character waits Odysseus to return for 20 years and dies promptly after Odysseus safely returning home.
Who is Argos?
The two kings Athena told Telemachus to visit to get information about Odysseus.
Who are King Nestor and King Menelaus?
King Alcinous is known to be the king of this city.
What is Phaeacia?
Odysseus's parents.
Who are Anticleia and Lord Laertes?
Hermes gave Odysseus this to protect against Circe.
What is an Herb?
What major Trojan warrior does Achilles kill during the Trojan War?
Who is Hector?