Odyssey Characters
The main character of "The Odyssey".
Who is Odysseus?
"The Odyssey" is a story based upon this 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?
What major Trojan warrior does Achilles kill during the Trojan War?
Who is Hector?
Odysseus's wife.
Who is Penelope?
"The Odyssey" is a story that follows the telling of this war.
What is the Trojan War?
This is the first person Odysseus is sexually unfaithful with during his journey home.
Who is Circe?
Paris chose Helen as his reward due to this goddess's bribe during the competition of "The Fairest".
Who is Aphrodite?
Which two characters are known to be responsible for the death of Achilles?
Who are Paris and Phoebus Apollo?
Odysseus's biological son.
Who is Telemachus?
King Alcinous is known to be the king of this city/island.
What is Scheria/Phaecia?
Married to Helen.
Who is Menelaus?
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?
The two kings Telemachus visits to get information about Odysseus.
Who are King Nestor and King Menelaus?
Odysseus is detained on this island by the beautiful Calypso.
What is Ogygia?
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?
This character waits Odysseus to return for 20 years and dies promptly after Odysseus safely returning home.
Who is Argos?
Odysseus's two "adopted" sons.
Who are Philoteus and Eumaeus?
In order to find out how to appease the gods, Odysseus has to travel here.
What is the Underworld?
Odysseus's parents.
Who are Anticleia and Lord Laertes?
These three mortals help Odysseus defeat all of the suitors.
Who are Telemachus, Philoteus, and Eumaeus?
These cannibal giants have long beards that hung over the cliff's edge which Odysseus's men climbed thinking they were vines.
Who are the Laestrygonians?