Characters
Witch who turned Odysseus's men into pigs
Circe
Messenger of the gods
Hermes
What are kine?
Cows
God who resides over the Land of the Dead
Hades
Charybdis
Cyclops who held Odysseus and his men in his cave
Polyphemus
Swineherd Loyal to Odysseus
Eumaeus
Who is argos
God of the Sea, earthquakes; Polyphemus's father
Posiden
Odysseus's shipmate who fell off Circe's roof and died
Elpenor
Nymph who keeps Odysseus captive for 7 years and wants to make him her husband and immortal
Calypso
Homer
Who changed Odysseus from a beggar back into his younger, more youthful self?
Athena
Odysseus's son; heir to the throne of Ithaca
Telemachus
Circe's Island (the name)
Aeaea
Supreme God of Olympus; king of the gods
Zeus
Home of Odysseus
Ithaca
What did Antinuous throw at Odysseus
A stool
King of the Phaecians; holds a banquet where Odysseus tells his story
Arrogant suitor who got an arrow thru his throat
Antinous
beautiful bird-maidens who sing to lure men to their deaths.
Sirens
People who eat a flower that makes you forget your desires
Lotus Eaters
The two people Odysseus sees in the land of the dead
Elpenor and Anticlea
6-headed monster
Scylla
Cannibals who destroyed many of Odysseus's ships and men with boulders