odyssey

1

100

circe's island; odysseus and his crew stayed a year

Aeaea

200

Island where aeolus is king; odysseus visits

Aeolia

300

Agamemnon's wife; helped with the murder of Agamemnon

Clytemnestra

400

god of forge; makes a net to catch ares and Aphrodite

Hephaestus

500

daughter of Alcinous; gives Odysseus laundry to wear

Nausicaa

2

100

whirlpool; odysseus survives it twice

Charybdis

200

homecoming; odysseus struggles to attain this

nostos

300

son of Agamemnon; avenge the death of Agamemnon

Orestes

400

wife of Odysseus; never picked a suitor

Penelope

500

one of the cyclops; blinded by Odysseus and his crew

Polyphemus

3

100

Odysseus's son; helped plot the killing of suitors

Telemachus –

200

hospitality; Alcinous offers Odysseus to stay and tell his story

xenia –

300

soul guide; hermes guide suitors into the underworld

psychopompos –

400

moment of recognition; Eurycleia's discovery of Odysseus's scar

anagnorisis –

500

goddess of the hunt; Penelope asks her to strike herself down

Artemis –

4

100

king of Phaeacians; offered Odysseus ships to return to Ithaca

Alcinous –

200

king of winds; gifts Odysseus a bag of winds

Aeolus –

300

witch goddess; turns odysseus's crew into swine

Circe –

400

helmsman; passed out and fell off roof on circes island

Elpenor –

500

Greek hero; rather be a slave on earth than rule the underworld

Achilles –

5

100

queen of phaeacians; Odysseus asks her for protection

Arete –

200

nymph; holds odysseus captive on her island

Calypso –

300

Odysseus’s father; kills antinous's father

Laertes –

400

beggar at Ithaca; challenged Odysseus to a fight

Irus –

500

Odysseus’s old servant; recognized Odysseus’s scar on his leg

Eurycleia –