Gods
This god of the sea was angry with Odysseus throughout the book.
Who is Poseidon ?
This is the place Odysseus was trying to get back to in his adventures and where he won back his wife from the men that had taken over his house.
What is Ithaca ?
He is the main character of the book who is on an adventure to get back to his home.
Who is Odysseus ?
When Odysseus is trapped in a cave with a cyclops he does this to escape.
What is hiding on the bottom of sheep ?
These creatures lure sailors in by singing them songs.
What are sirens ?
This god struck Odysseus's ship with a lightning bolt after his crew killed a cow on an island.
Who is Zeus ?
This island that Odysseus landed on had cows that Odysseus's men were not allowed to kill.
What is Helios' island ?
This person was the son of Odysseus and Penelope, he also helped Odysseus defeat the suitors on an island.
Who is Telemachus ?
Zeus destroyed this with a lightning bolt after being instructed to by another god.
What is a ship ?
This cyclops trapped Odysseus in a cave and killed some of his men. Odysseus escaped him by sneaking out on sheep.
Who is Polyphemus ?
This god did not like that his cows were being killed and made another god strike down Odysseus's ship.
Who is Helios ?
Island where Odysseus stopped and lost some of his men because they forget everything and want to stay there forever.
What is Land of the Lotus Eaters ?
This was the suitor that stood out for being particularly mean and unwilling to give disguised Odysseus food. He was killed by Odysseus towards the end of the book.
Who is Antinous ?
Odysseus had a fake one of these so that he could get people distracted from him hiding bodies.
What is a wedding ?
She was the wife of Odysseus and was turned immortal by Circe.
Who is Penelope ?
This god brought peace to Ithaca after Odysseus made the people there angry.
Who is Athena ?
This is the place where Odysseus and his men were blown back to after opening a bag thought to be full of treasure.
What is Aeolia ?
This suitor begged for his and the other suitors' lives by offering tithes after Odysseus was going to kill them.
Who is Eurymachus ?
Penelope had to decide who got to marry her. She decided by making one of these.
What is a challenge?
This creature is a whirlpool that took out Odysseus's men and left him stranded.
What is Charybdis ?
This god was mentioned in the book to describe how well something was created.
Who is Hephaestus ?
Island where Odysseus was trapped for 7 years by an immortal.
What is Ogygia isle ?
This person was second in command of Odysseus's ship.
Who is Eurylochus ?
After Odysseus's wedding people were angry about the deaths of the suitors, peace was brought by the land by this character.
Who is Athena
This immortal trapped Odysseus on her island for 7 years after kidnapping him.
Who is Calypso ?