Odyssey Characters
The main character of "The Odyssey".
Who is Odysseus?
"The Odyssey" is a story based upon what type of mythology.
What is Greek Mythology?
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?
Greek custom requires kindness to strangers.
What is Xenia (hospitality)?
Odysseus's wife.
Who is Penelope?
"The Odyssey" is a story that follows the telling of this war.
What is the Trojan War?
Enchantress that turns men into pigs.
Who is Circe?
Paris chose Helen as his reward due to this goddess's bribe during the competition of "The Fairest".
Who is Aphrodite?
Greeks feared strangers might actually be this is disguise.
What are Gods?
Odysseus's biological son.
Who is Telemachus?
Home of Odysseus
What is Ithaca?
Messenger god that gives Odysseus moly.
Who is Hermes?
Calypso's last attempt to convince Odysseus to stay with her is this.
What is immortality?
The name "Nohbdy" tricks this character.
Who is Polyphemus?
Six-headed monster that snatches sailors.
Who is Scylla
Home of Circe.
What is Aeaea?
Blind prophet that advises Odysseus in the Underworld.
Who is Teiresias?
These last two monsters are faced by Odysseus and his men before they land on the island Thrinakia.
Who are Scylla and Charybdis?
This character waits Odysseus to return for 20 years and dies promptly after Odysseus safely returning home.
Who is Argos?
Goddess of Wisdom and Strategy
Who is Athena?
In order to find out how to appease the gods, Odysseus has to travel here.
What is the Underworld?
Odysseus's father.
Who is Laertes?
A long comparison used by Homer.
What is an Epic Simile?
Starting a story in the middle.
What is In Medias Res?