Monsters
Dangerous creatures of the sea, their singing is deadly.
What are sirens?
The son of Odysseus and Penelope, described as thoughtful.
Who is Telemachus?
One of the two leading suitors and first to be killed by Odysseus.
Who is Antinoos?
Also goes by Pallas, the goddess of wisdom and daughter of Zeus, helps Odysseus and Telemachos.
Who is Athene?
Island off the west coast of Greece and Odysseus's home.
What is Ithaca?
A man-eating monster who preyed on Odysseus and his men.
What is Scylla?
The wife of Odysseus, pursued by the suitors in Odysseus' house.
Who is Penelope?
The beggar who fought with Odysseus.
Who is Iros?
A goddess/nymph and daughter of Titan Atlas, befriended Odysseus and lived with him while he was stranded on her island.
Who is Calypso?
Island found in the Aegean Sea and sacred to Apollo.
What is Delos?
A creature in the form of a deadly whirlpool off the coast.
What is Charybdis?
The father of Odysseus, fights in the last battel and is rejuvenate by Athene.
Who is Laertes?
The greatest of the cyclopes and the son of Poseidon, blinded by Odysseus.
Who is Polyphemus?
An enchantress and goddess of Aiaia.
Who is Circe?
The city where Priam ruled, setting of the Trojan War.
What is Troy?
A monstrous race of one-eyed giants that Odysseus and his men encounter.
What are cyclops?
Bonus: Loyal dog of Odysseus. Waited 20 years to see his master.
Who is Argos?
One of the two leading suitors, attached Odysseus, killed by Odysseus, son of Polybus.
Who us Eurymachus?
Friend of Odysseus and the daughter of Alkinoos and Arete.
Who is Nausicaa?
A city of Menelaus.
What is Sparta?
The race of giant cannibals Odysseus and his men visit.
Who are the Laistrygones?
BONUS: The mother of Odysseus. She appears as a spirit in the underworld of Hades. She has died from grief due to missing Odysseus while he was away at war.
Who is Anticlea?
The lord of the sea, father of Polyphemus, brother of Zeus.
Who is Poseidon?
Bonus point if you can give another name he goes by.
Actually names Eos, goddess who brings the rising of the day, wife of Tithinos, in love with Orion.
Who is Dawn?
Bonus if you can say from memory the most used line about her from the book.
The land of the Phaiakians?
What is Scheria?