Name that Character!
Queen of Ithaca; daughter of Icarius
Penelope
Odysseus home and native land
Ithaca
“Go back to your quarters, mother”
Telemachus
The eye-giant named Polyphemus
Cyclops
Penelope tricks the suitors using this domestic skill
Weaving
The worst of all the suitors; “Black death itself”
Antinous
Calypso’s island; just off the coast of northern Africa
“My fame is known in all the world and the skies above”
Odysseus
The bewitching singers who lure men to their deaths
Sirens
Who is expected to pick the husbands for both Penelope and Nausicaa?
Their fathers, Icarius and Alcinous
The bright-eyed goddess; Pallas
Athena
Island of the Phaeacians
Scheria
“Hard-hearted you are, you unrivaled lords of jealousy!”
Calypso
The hideous, 12-legged, man-eating beast from Book 12
Scylla
The fact that Calypso is not allowed to have relations with humans, while the male gods can is a clear example of…
A double standard
The white-armed princess
Nausicaa
Where Telemachus ships off to in search of information about his father
“A dozen of them went tramping to their shame”
Eurycleia
The deadly whirlpool that sucks ships in and eats them up
Charybdis
Many men in the Odyssey show their excessive pride known as…
Hubris
King of the Winds; who gifts Odysseus the Bag of Winds
King Aeolus
Home to Circe and her animals
Aeaea
“If only our queen will take you to her heart, / then there’s hope you will see your loved ones” (7.181.87-89)
Nausicaa
The giant cannibals Odysseus and his crew encounters after their run-in with the cyclops
Laestrygonians
Describe beauty standards for either Greek men or women (must include 3 specific adjectives)
Women: pale, braided hair, tall, full-bodied, smooth skin, red cheeks
Men: tall, muscular, thickly bearded, tan, curly haired