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Odyssey
Characters and Places
| Word | Description |
|---|---|
| Aeaea | Home of Circe, the witch-goddess |
| Alcinous | King of Phaeacia |
| Calypso | Goddess who keeps Odysseus for 7 years |
| Charybdis | Female monster, causes a whirlpool |
| Cicones | People who battled Odysseus on his way home |
| Circe | Witch- goddess who turns men into pigs |
| Cyclops | Son of Poseidon one eyed giant |
| Eurylochus | One of Odysseus' loyal crew |
| Erebus | Area of the underworld where the dead reside |
| Lotus Eaters | People who feed lotus plants to sailors so they will forget Ithica |
| Phaeacia | Island kingdom ruled by King Alcinous |
| Polyphemus | Also known as the Cyclops |
| Scylla | Female monster with six serpent head |
| Sirens | Sea nymphs who sing to lure sailors ro steer ships into the rocks |
| Teiresias | Famous blind prophet met by Odysseus in the land of the dead |
| Thrinakia | Island where the sun god keeps his cattle |