people he meets
This goddess prevents him from leaving her island for 7 years
Calypso
This island is home to a plant that if ingested makes you not want to go home
Island of the lotus eaters
He stabbed this cyclops in the eye to escape
Polyphemus
while Odysseus is away from home, Penelope is forced to deal with this group of people
Suitors/noble men
Odysseus story is recounted in a Homeric hymn with a title similar sounding to our hero’s name
The Odyssey
This blind prophet gives Odysseus advice on how to get home
This island is home to king Aeolus, who gives Odysseus a windbag to get home
Aeolia
These monsters eat people, and also appear in Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters
Laistrygonians
Penelope is often commended by others for this trait (this is a very vague prompt, so I have multiple answers that you can get correct)
Her cunning wit/ her loyalty to her husband/her quick-thinking attitude
Unlike the original Circe, Percy Jackson‘s Circe turns men into these animals
Guinea pigs
This goddess helps him get to the underworld
Circe
Home to the goddess Circe
Aeaea
To sail pass the monster Scylla, Odysseus willingly sacrifices this many men
6
Penelope gives a challenge of shooting an arrow through this many axes for her hand in marriage
12
This is the theme in the Odyssey that refers to hospitality
Xenia
This priest, whom Odysseus does not kill on the island of Ismarus, gives him a gift which he later serves to Polyphemus
Wine
While on the island of the laistrygonians, Odysseus makes this heavy decision to save his ship
Abandoning the rest of his crew/ leaving majority of his men to die
Odysseus is tied to his ship’s mast to listen to these creatures’ songs while his crew plugs their ears with wax
Sirens
Penelope delays her impending marriage arrangement by weaving this type of tapestry for her father in law
A burial shroud
Odysseus‘ son, Telemachus traveled to this island to learn about his father’s whereabouts
Sparta
The name of the people living on the island of Ismarus
The Cicones
The name of the sun god’s island
Thrinacia
A name of the giant whirlpool monster Odysseus crew must avoid
Charybdis
To test her husband’s identity she asks the servants to move this object from their bedroom, upsetting Odysseus
Their bed/their bed which is carved into a tree in the room
When Odysseus finally reaches home after being away for 20 years, he is disguised as this kind of person
A beggar/poor person