Locations
Odysseus' homeland.
Where is Ithica?
The person Athena disguises herself as.
Who is Mentes?
This god keeps Odysseus from returning home.
Who is Poseidon?
This monster has 6 heads.
Who is Scylla?
Odysseus was gone for this long.
What are 20 years?
Nestor's palace is located here.
Where is Pylos?
Suggests the plan to kill Telemachus.
Who is Antinous?
They are invoked by homer at the beginning of the book.
Who is the Muse?
Poseidon's son.
Who is Polyphemus?
Argos is this.
Who is Odysseus' dog
Menelaus rules this city.
Where is Sparta?
The reason Nestor is hospitable to Telemachus.
What is xenia?
Odysseus has himself tied to the mast of his ship for this reason.
What is to listen to the Sirens song?
The whirlpool that is encountered by Odysseus and his crew.
Who is Charybdis?
This plant causes Odysseus' men to forget their desire to return home.
What is lotus?
Odysseus washes ashore here.
Where is Scheria?
Telemachus is given this by Menelaus.
What is a silver mixing bowl?
Declares peace at the end of the story.
Who is Athena?
This person turnes Odysseus men into pigs.
Who is Circe?
This person kills her husband.
who is Clytemnestra?
Odysseus travels to Hades to see this person.
This person tells the suitors about an omen.
Who is Halitherses?
Odysseus' men eat his cattle.
Who is Helios?
The group of giant cannibals is encountered by Odysseus and his men.
Who are the Laestrygonians?
The odyssey was written about this time.
When is 700 B.C.?