Characters
Odysseus
Polyphemus
He is a Cyclopes who eats six of Odysseus' men and then gets blinded by Odysseus
Circe turns Odysseus' men into...
pigs
Where Odysseus is from
Ithaca
begger
Daughter of Zeus and goddess of wisdom, purposeful battle, and the womanly arts
Athena
Scylla
A six-headed monster that snatches six men, one for each of her heads, whenever a ship sails by.
Odysseus and his men are set back on their trip when his men...
Open the bag of winds that Aeolus gave them, thinking it was full of gold
Where Circe lives
Aeaea
How do they keep Polyphemus asleep?
One of the men play a flute
Beautiful Witch-Goddess
Circe
Sirens
Women who live on an island and lure men to thier doom by singing about the men's pasts
Penelope's task to her suitors to prove that they are fit for her
String and shoot Odysseus's bow
Where Circe sends Odysseus and his men
The underworld
Penelope's test to see if Odysseus is truly Odysseus..
An infant when Odysseus leaves for battle
Telemachus
Charybdis
A giant whirlpool monster that swallows Odysseus' ship when he is returning from Thrinacia.
How does Odysseus's crew get reduced to 45 men and 1 ship?
The Laestrygonians (cannibals) kill them with a shower of boulders
Where Aeulous is from
Aeolia
What does Aeolus give Odysseus?
A bag containing a fair west wind, and bad winds to help him on his journey home.
God of the Sea and Earthquakes
Poseidon
The Cattle of the Sun
Herds of cattle that live on Thrinacia
What big event occurs in Book 22?
The massacre of all the suitors
Where did Odysseus FIRST go to, to fight?
Troy
Pronounce ALL of these correctly:
Eurylochus
Telemachus
Charybdis
Aeolus
ThrinaciaWell....did you?