Characters
The king of Ithaca, who has been gone for many years after the Trojan War.
Who is Odysseus?
The god of the sea who is angry at Odysseus.
Who is Poseidon?
Odysseus’s home island.
What is Ithaca?
The suitors want to marry Penelope because they think Odysseus is ____.
What is dead?
Odysseus chooses to leave Troy and try to return to this place.
What is Ithaca?
Odysseus’s loyal wife who waits and fends off the suitors.
Who is Penelope?
The nymph who keeps Odysseus trapped on her island.
Who is Calypso?
The land of the Cyclopes where Odysseus meets Polyphemus.
What is the Land of the Cyclopes?
Odysseus tells Polyphemus his name is this to trick him.
What is “Nobody”?
Because Odysseus tricks Polyphemus, the Cyclops does this.
What is ask Poseidon to curse Odysseus?
Odysseus’s son who goes on a journey to learn about his father.
Who is Telemachus?
The enchantress who turns Odysseus’s men into pigs.
Who is Circe?
The island ruled by Calypso
What is Ogygia?
Odysseus escapes the Cyclops by hiding under these animals.
What are sheep?
Because the crew ignores Odysseus’s warning, this happens to them.
What is they are killed by Zeus’s storm?
The goddess who helps Odysseus and Telemachus with wisdom and protection.
Who is Athena?
The creature with six heads that Odysseus must sail past.
What is Scylla?
The land where the dead are found.
What is the Underworld?
Odysseus’s men die after doing this forbidden action.
What is eating the cattle of Helios?
Odysseus chooses to trust this god to help free his men from Circe’s spell.
Who is Hermes?
The blind Cyclops that Odysseus tricks on his journey.
Who is Polyphemus?
The dangerous whirlpool Odysseus must avoid.
What is Charybdis?
The island where Helios’s sacred cattle live.
What is Thrinacia?
In the graphic novel, Odysseus is shown tied to the mast during this event.
What is sailing past the Sirens?
Odysseus chooses to sail closer to this danger to save more of his crew.
What is Scylla?