Gods and Goddesses
King of the gods in Ancient Greece
Who is Zeus?
This tricky hero is smart, strong, and impulsive.
Who is Odysseus?
This character can change forms into any animal. Odysseus and his friends hold him as he transforms until he gives up and tells them what they want to know.
Who is Proteus?
She helps Odysseus after Poseidon wrecks his raft by giving him a magic veil.
Who is the Siren?
Odysseus' home
What is Ithaca?
This goddess, daughter of Zeus, helps Odysseus throughout his journey, often intervening on his behalf.
Who is Athena?
Only a baby at the start of the Trojan war, this man has been waiting almost twenty years for his father to come home.
Who is Telemachus?
The fake name Odysseus gives the Cyclops as a trick.
What is Nohbdy (Nobody)?
City Odysseus' army finally conquered by tricking them with a giant wooden horse
Troy
This messenger god is usually depicted with winged feet.
Who is Hermes?
Odysseus' faithful wife who tries to delay getting remarried any way she can
Who is Penelope?
OWWWWWW! MY EYE!
Who is Polyphemos?
Home of the Greek gods
This god of the sea hates Odysseus SO MUCH.
Who is Poseidon?
The King of Phaecia's gift to Odysseus, which almost helps him get home
What is a bag of wind?
Polyphemus' prayer to Poseidon about Odysseus
What is that he never reach his home, or if he does let it take a long time and all his men will be killed?
This minor goddess has a major obsession with Odysseus, leading her to hold him as a love prisoner on her island.
Who is Calypso?
These men are compared to a baby deer left in the den of a lion.
Who are the suitors?
This mythical monster, with six heads, swallows sailors who venture too close to her lair.
Who is Scylla?