Monsters
Who is Calypso?
messenger god that delivers a message to Calypso from Zeus
Who is Hermes?
How long is Odysseus away from home
What is 20 years
The these two monsters can be found on either side of the Strait of Messina
Who are Scylla and Charybdis?
Creatures with beautiful singing that causes sailors to steer off course
What are Sirens?
Goddess that always looks out for Odysseus
Who is Athena?
Who is Eurylochus?
Aeolus fills Odysseus’ bag with this
Poseidon’s son that is a cyclopes and is blinded by Odysseus
Who is Polyphemus?
God of wind that helps Odysseus
Who is Aeolus?
Odysseus’ son who waits for his return to Ithaca
Who is Telemachus
What are three important Greek values observed in the Odyssey
What are respect, loyalty, and hospitality?
A nymph who turns Odysseus’ crew into swine and turns them back after threatened by Odysseus
Who is Circe?
The god that hates Odysseus for blinding his son and wants revenge
Who is Poseidon?
After eating what these fruits, Odysseus’ crew no longer want to go home
What are the lotus flowers?
These two people provide Odysseus with prophecies of his future
Who are Circe and Teiresias?
A giant whirlpool/sea monster in the Strait of Messina
Who is Charybdis?
The god that hears and sees everything, often represented as the sun
Who is Helios?
What is his scar on his foot?
What is something that Teiresias has in common the author, Homer
What is they are blind?