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Who is Penelope?
Island where Odysseus was king.
What is Ithaca?
A one-eyed beast comes face-to-face with Odysseus and his men.
Whirlpool that consumes ships.
Who is Charybdis?
What is the Island of the Cyclops?
Serpentine-headed sea monster that attacked sailors.
Who is Scylla?
City that was at war against Greece for 10 years.
What is Troy?
Odysseus sails by magical sea creatures that try to lull in captains and harm them.
What is The Sirens?
Enchantress that temporarily turned Odysseus's men into pigs.
Who is Circe?
Area where Circe resides, she turned some of Odysseus's crew into pigs here. Hint: Not a island, but an actual area
Cyclops that was blinded by Odysseus(not just Cyclops, his actual name).
Who is Polyphemus?
Area where Odysseus met many spirits, including his own mother.
What is the Land of the Dead?
A whirlpool and a sea creature must be avoided by Odysseus.
God that was furious at Odysseus after the blinding of his son.
Who is Poseidon?
Zeus and Poseidon live at this place. Hint: Might not have been mentioned in what we read/watched in class.
What is Mount Olympus?
The goddess that kept Odysseus imprisoned on her island for 7 years.
Who is Calypso?
Island where the lotus-eaters lived.
What is the Land of the Lotus-Eaters?
Odysseus and his men raided the town of Ismaros.
What is the Raid of the Cicones?
Who is Helios?
Water where Scylla and Charybdis reside. Hint: Might not have been mentioned in what we read/watched in class.
What is the Strait of Messina?
Who is Tireseas?
Town that Odysseus and his men ransacked.
What is Ismaros?
What is the Cattle of the Sun God?
Cannibalistic giants that threw stones at Odysseus's ships, breaking all but one, the one he was on. Hint: It is NOT Cyclopes
What are Laestrygones?
What was the island where Helios's cattle were slaughtered? Hint: Might not have been mentioned by what we read/watched in class.
What is Thrinacia?