Calypso
What is Calypso?
Calypso is a nymph/goddess.
What is the Cyclops' name?
Polyphemus.
Why does Odysseus go to the Land of The Dead?
To seek his destiny.
What are the Sirens?
Beautiful singing creatures that lead sailors to destruction with their singing.
Who convinces the rest of the crew that eating the cattle is a better option than starvation?
Eurylochus.
How many years was Odysseus on Calypso's island?
7 years.
Who is the father of Cyclops?
Posideon.
What is the name of the prophet Odysseus is going to talk to?
Teiresias.
The 6-headed monster that eats 1 person off a ship for each head.
Odysseus says that no man can avoid the eye of Helios. What does this mean?
This means that Helios can see everything because he is the sun god.
What does Calypso offer Odysseus?
Immortality
The men were curious insistent on seeing the cyclops.
What physical impairment does Teiresias have that provides him with true insight?
He is blind.
Describe Charybdis.
Deathly whirlpool.
Who is Lord of High Noon?
Helios. The Sun God.
What Godess is helping Odysseus?
Athena
What animal did the Cyclops have?
Sheep.
What is the advice that Teiresias gives Odysseus?
Do not eat Helios' cattle.
A phrase to not be taken literally.
What decision do the men make?
Calypso says, "Can I be less desirable than she is? Less interesting? Less beautiful? Can mortals compare with goddesses in grace and form!" Who is SHE?
What is the gift the Cyclops said he would give Odysseus?
He would eat Odysseus last and all his men first.
Odysseus is given two scenarios by Teiresias. What are they?
1. If he eats the cattle, all the men will die, and it will take many more years for Odysseus to get home.
2. If they do not eat the cattle, they will get home safe and much quicker.
What were Circe's explicit instructions for the men and Odysseus when passing through the Sirens, Charybdis, Scylla?
Sirens: Put the beeswax in the men's ears and tie Odysseus up.
Scylla: Let Scylla have the 6 men.
Charybdis: Stay next to Scylla and lose 6 men instead of losing everyone when you go through Charybdis.
What is the result of their decision?
The men are punished with death from thunderbolt from Zeus. The men all drown and Odysseus is the only one that survives.