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Odyssey characters
Term | Definition |
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Scylla | Female monster with six serpent heads,each one having triple row of fangs |
Sirens | Sea nymphs whose beautiful and mysterious |
Aeaea | Home of circle |
Calypso | Beautiful nymph goddess who keeps Odysseus on her island for seven years. |
Alcinous | king of phaeacia. |
Charybdis | female monster who sucks in water three times a day to form a deadly whirlpool |
Cicones | people living on the southwestern coast of thrace. |
Circe | enchantress and goddess. |
Cyclops | one eyed race of brutish giants |
Erebus | dark area of the underworld |
eurylochus | a member of his loyal crew |
Lotus Eaters | people who fee his men lotus plants ti make them forget ithaca |
Phaeacia | island kingdom ruled by king Alcinous |
Polyphemus | son of the sea god Poseidon |
Teiresias | famous blind prophet |
Thrinakia | island where the sun god Helios keeps his cattle |
Antinous | one of Penelope's main suitors |
Eumaues | swineherd,one of the his loyal servants |
Eurycleia | Odysseus's old nurse |
Eurynome | Penelope's house keeper |
Philoeteus | cowherd |
Penelope | His faithful wife |
Telemachus | his son |
Apollo | god of music,poetry,medicine,and Archery |
Athena | favorite daughter of zues; God of wisdom as well as piece |
cronus | titan(Giants God) Ruled the universe till Zeus overthrew him |
Helios | Sun God |
Hepjaestus | God of metal work |
Hermes | Messenger |
Posidean | God of sea |
Zeus | Most powerful God |