People in the Odyssey
Creates the plan to escape the cyclopes
Who is Odysseus
What is the Island with the Cyclopes called
What is the Island of the Cyclopes
Odysseus home
Ithaca
Lightning god
Zeus
Who is Odysseus' son
Telemachus
God of the Sea
Who is Polyphemus' father
Who is Poseidon
Home of Nausicaa
Phaeacia
Goddess of wisdom
Athena
Who helps Odysseus countless times throughout the book
Who is Athena
Which goddess holds Odysseus captive on her island
Who is Calypso
What do they offer the Cyclopes as a gift
What is Wine
What city does Odysseus and his men sack
What is the land of Cicones
God of the dead
Hades
Why would Odysseus rather die in battle than at sea?
In battle he would be honored and given a proper funeral but at sea he would be forgotten
Giant Cyclopes who eats some of Odysseus' crew
Who is Polyphemus
What does Odysseus tell the cyclopes his name is
Who is Nobody
Hermes is sent to this place to set Odysseus free
Calypso's Island
Goddess of Olympus and wife to Zeus
Hera
How long was Odysseus gone from Ithaca
20 years
Who is one of the main suitors for Penelope
Who is Antinous
How many men did Odysseus bring with him on the island of the Cyclopes
12 men
Where does Telemachus visit first to find out about his dad
Pylos
Goddess of love and beauty
Aphrodite
The name of the man Odysseus visits in the underworld
Who is Tiresias