Odyssey Characters
The main character of "The Odyssey".
Who is Odysseus?
Odysseus is heading home to this Greek town.
What is Ithaca?
Odysseus struggles to get home because this god is angry with him.
Who is Poseidon?
Odysseus is returning home after this war.
What is the Trojan War?
What do the crew members put in their ears so they do not hear the sirens song?
What is beeswax?
The enchantress who aids Odysseus when he visits her island.
Who is Circe?
"The Odyssey" is a story that follows the telling of this war.
What is the Trojan War?
This is Odysseus's right-hand man, who eventually betrays Odysseus when he angers Helios.
Who is Eurylochus?
Odysseus angers Poseidon when he does this.
What is stabs and blinds the Cyclops?
The king of the gods.
Who is Zeus?
Odysseus's biological son.
Who is Telemachus?
Odysseus stabs a monster in the eye and blinds him here.
What is The Cyclops's Cave?
This is Odysseus's loyal dog who survived 20 years while Odysseus was at war.
Who is Argus?
Odysseus stops himself from being lured in by the sirens when he orders his crew to do this.
What is tie him to the ship mast?
The name "Nohbdy" tricks this character (his actual name, not the type of creature he is).
Who is Polyphemus?
The three sea monsters who Odysseus must face on his journey home.
Who are the sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis?
Three of Odysseus's men are hypnotized here.
What is the island of the Lotus Eaters?
This goddess is known to be the protector of Odysseus. She helps Odysseus reclaim his palace.
Who is Athena?
These creatures were killed by Eumaeus and the rest of the crew, causing them to lose their lives before making it home to Ithaca.
What are the cattle of Helios?
Penelope does not believe Odysseus is who he says he is until he discovers this.
What is his bed has been moved?
The suitor known as being the most arrogant.
Who is Antinous?
In order to visit the prophet Tiresias and find out what his future holds, Odysseus must travel here.
What is the Underworld?
This is the monster who causes Odysseus to lose his entire crew and make the remainder of his journey home alone.
Who is Charybdis?
These two mortals help Odysseus defeat all of the suitors.
Who are Telemachus and Eumaeus?
This is who Odysseus sees in the underworld who tells him about what has happened in Ithaca during his absence.
Who is his mother?