People
She stalled her suitors by weaving and un-weaving a shroud.
Penelope
This island is Odysseus's homeland.
Ithaca
She is the reason both Odysseus and his son are still alive.
Athena
He is the author of the Odyssey.
Homer
His name means "to be angered" or "hated" or "he who causes pain".
Odysseus
This Ithacan prince is Odysseus's son.
Telemachus
In modern terms, Odysseus's journey unfold around this sea.
Mediterranean Sea
Polyphemus is one of these one-eyed giants.
Cyclops
This long-running debate concerns the authorship, composition, and transmission of Homer's epic poems.
The Homeric question
From Greek kalyptō, this is the meaning of Calypso’s name.
To conceal / The one that conceals
This faithful dog recognizes Odysseus upon his return, and dies after seeing him home.
Argos
Tradition places the Lotus-Eaters near Djerba, off the coast of this continent.
Africa
This enchantress turned Odysseus’s men into swine.
Circe
There's a departure, trials, and return with a boon.
The Hero's Journey
This Greek word means excellence, virtue, or moral goodness, encompassing the fulfillment of a purpose, the act of living to one’s full potential.
Areté
This old king is Odysseus's father.
Laertes
Scylla and Charybdis lurk between these two Italian regions.
Sicily and Calabria
This nymph detained Odysseus on Ogygia for seven years.
Calypso
After the Telemachy, Odysseus first appears in this book of The Odyssey.
Book 5
This ideal, literally “beautiful-and-good”, melded physical beauty with moral excellence in Greek thought.
Kalokagathia (or kalos kai agathos)
This loyal nurse recognizes Odysseus by a scar.
Eurycleia
The mountain on the Italian west coast where Circe was said to have her lair.
Mount Circeo (or Cape Circeo)
Odysseus sails between these two monsters: a six-headed man-eater and a ship-swallowing whirlpool.
Scylla and Charybdis
Homer’s Odyssey sails in this six-foot verse with a long–short–short pattern.
Dactylic Hexameter
This is the first line of the Odyssey in Greek.
Ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, Μοῦσα, πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ
(Àndra moï ènnepe moùsa poloùtropon òs mala pòlla)