Mortal Characters
Gods and Goddesses
Places
Monsters
Mashup
100
The main protagonist of "The Odyssey."
Who is Odysseus
100
The Greek God of thunder and lightning, who rules over the other gods.
Who is Zeus?
100
Odysseus' wife and son wait for him here.
What is Ithaca?
100
This is a giant, one-eyed, man-eating monster.
What is the Cyclops?
100
The Greeks use this trick to conquer Troy.
What is the Trojan Horse?
200
I am Odysseus' wife.
Who is Penelope?
200
He is the God of the sea, and Odysseus' main adversary.
Who is Poseidon?
200
A 10 year war happens here, before the events of "The Odyssey."
What is Troy?
200
This beast has 6 heads and 12 tentacles.
What is Scylla?
200
Odysseus used this false name to escape certain doom.
What is "Nohbody?"
300
I am Odysseus' son.
Who is Telemachus?
300
She kept Odysseus on her Island for 7 years.
Who is Calypso?
300
This mountain houses the Gods.
What is Olympus?
300
Odysseus compares me to a great cauldron or a mouth.
What is Charybdis?
300
Circe held Odysseus and his men in a trance for this length of time.
What is one year?
400
I broke my neck and died after falling off of Circe's roof, but nobody noticed I died.
Who is Elpenor?
400
This tries helping Odysseus, but the Odysseus' crew ruins the plan.
Who is Aeolus?
400
Also known as Hades, many shades walk about this place.
What is "The Land of the Dead?"
400
These dead souls appear just as they did when they died.
What are Shades?
400
Odysseus stuffs his crew's ears with this substance to prevent them from hearing the sirens.
What is beeswax?
500
I am the swineheard who helps Odysseus slay the suitors
Who is Eumaeus?
500
I protected Odysseus by deflecting the suitor's spears.
Who is Athena?
500
King Menelaus was lost here for a few years after the Trojan War.
What is Egypt?
500
These giants bombarded Odysseus' ships with giant boulders.
What are the Laestrygonians?
500
Homer uses this epithet often to describe Odysseus?
What is "raider of cities?"
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