Goddesses and Gods
She is the goddess of war and wisdom
Who is Athena?
The real name of the Cyclops that Odysseus blinded.
Who is Polyphemus?
The name of Odysseus' father.
Who is Laertes?
"My name is Nohbdy"
Who is Odysseus?
The name of the collective group of Greek gods and goddesses
What is the pantheon?
Who is Poseidon?
These people made his crew forget their desire to go home.
Who were the Lotus Eaters?
Living in the Underworld, this person tells Odysseus he will succeed in fighting the suitors.
Who is Tirersias?
"Do not abandon me, unwept, unburied, to tempt the gods' wrath"
Who is Elpenor?
The type of tree Odysseus used to make their bed.
What is an olive tree?
He glitters on his way to deliver messages.
Who is Hermes?
What is Thrinacia?
The real name of the maelstrom that Odysseus has to avoid.
What is Charybdis?
"Must you have battle in your heart forever? The bloody toil of combat?"
Who is Circe?
The name of the swineherd who helps Odysseus fight the suitors.
What is Eumaeus?
She wins the contest that begins the Trojan War.
Who is Aphrodite?
The Laestrygonians were better known by this description.
What is cannibal?
This King heard about Odysseus' adventures from Troy and sends him on his way to Ithaca.
Who is Alcinous?
"Stranger, you no longer are what you once were. Your cloak is new, even your skin".
Who is Telemachus?
What sirens turn into after lulling men with their singing.
What are harpies?
Odysseus prays to this god for help before shooting Antinous with an arrow.
Who was Apollo?
Aeolus is known for this in the adventures of Odysseus.
Who is the Wind King who gave Odysseus a bag of wind to get home?
This suitor tells the other suitors to remember the joy of killing in order to rally them to fight.
Who is Eurymachus?
Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story
of that man skilled in all ways of contending,
Who is Athena?
The order of the people/people groups Odysseus meets up with or passes on his way to Ithaca.
The Cicones (allies of Troy), Lotus Eaters, Cyclopes, Aeolus (wind bag), Laestrygonians (giant cannibals),
Circe, Tieresias & Co. in the Underworld, past Circe, Scylla and Charybdis, Helios, Calypso, King Alcinous, and to Ithaca