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Odyssey People, Plac
People, Places, Gods
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alcinous | the king of the Phaeacians. |
| Alcinous | He feeds, shelters, and entertains Odysseus before sending him home to Ithaca. |
| Antinous | the most malicious of Penelope’s suitors |
| Antinous | he hatches an evil plot to kill Telemachus |
| Arete | the queen of the Phaeacians |
| Arete | wife of Alcinous, mother of Nausicaa. |
| Arete | She greets Odysseus with open hospitality and takes pity on him in her home |
| Arnaeus | challenges Odysseus to a fight and loses |
| Calypso | the sea nymph daughter of Atlas. |
| Calypso | She traps Odysseus on her island as her romantic companion until Zeus commands her to release him |
| Circe | the enchanting witch who transforms Odysseus’ men into pigs |
| Demodocus | the blind Phaeacian bard. |
| Demodocus | He sings about the Trojan War, causing Odysseus to cry |
| Elpenor | the youngest of Odysseus’ men. |
| Elpenor | He falls from Circe’s roof and breaks his neck |
| Elpenor | one of Odysseus’s men whom he encounters in Hades |
| Eumaeus | Odysseus’ faithful swineherd. |
| Eumaeus | He helps Odysseus and Telemachus defeat the suitors |
| Eurycleia | the nurse of both Odysseus and Telemachus. |
| Eurycleia | She discovers Odysseus’ secret identity and helps him defeat the suitors |
| Eurymachus | He throws a stool at Odysseus’ head |
| Irus | the beggar |
| Laertes | Odysseus’ father. |
| Menelaus | the son of Atreus |
| Menelaus | brother of Agamemnon |
| Menelaus | husband of Helen. |
| Mentor | Odysseus’ good friend, whom he entrusts to look after Telemachus |
| Nausicaa | the daughter of Alcinous and Arete |
| Nausicaa | She falls in love with Odysseus after meeting him on the Phaeacians’ beach and guides him to her parents’ home |
| Odysseus | the son of Laertes |
| Odysseus | husband of Penelope |
| Odysseus | father of Telemachus. |
| Odysseus | He is the central character of The Odyssey, |
| Odysseus | loses his way for ten years at sea while on his way home from the Trojan War |
| Penelope | the wife of Odysseus |
| Penelope | mother of Telemachus. |
| Penelope | She waits faithfully for 20 years for Odysseus to return home from the Trojan War, fighting off the bold advances of countless suitors |
| Polyphemus | a Cyclops and son of Poseidon |
| Polyphemus | He traps Odysseus and his sailors in his cave but is defeated by Odysseus, who pokes out his eye. |
| Telemachus | the son of Odysseus and Penelope. |
| Telemachus | At Athena’s suggestion, he sails in search of his father. |
| Tiresias | the blind seer from Thebes. |
| Tiresias | Odysseus receives instructions from him in Hades |
| Zeus | He is the king of the Olympian gods. |
| Hera | Zeus’ wife and sister. She is the queen of the Olympian gods |
| Poseidon | He is the god of the sea, who exacts vengeance on Odysseus for blinding his son Polyphemus |
| Aphrodite | the daughter of Zeus and wife of Hephaestus. She is the goddess of love. |
| Athena | the daughter of Zeus, born directly from his forehead. |
| Athena | She is the goddess of war and marriage, who takes a special interest in Odysseus and protects him from danger during the Trojan War and on his journey home |
| Artemis | the daughter of Zeus and sister of Apollo. |
| Artemis | She is the goddess of the hunt, who presides over wild animals in the woods. |
| Hermes | He is the messenger god |
| Hermes | the god who guides dead souls to Hades |
| Apollo | He is the god of music, archery, prophecy, and healing. |
| Hephaestus | the god of crafts and metalworking. |
| Hephaestus | He has a lame foot and is married to Aphrodite |
| Hades | He is the king of the underworld. |
| Demeter | the goddess of fertility and harvests |
| Dionysus | the youngest of the Olympian gods |
| Dionysus | He is the god of wine and dancing |
| Ares | the son of Zeus and Hera. |
| Ares | He is the god of war. |
| Persephone | the daughter of Zeus and Demeter |
| Persephone | wife of Hades. |
| Persephone | She is the queen of the underworld. |
| Mt. Olympus | the home of the gods |
| Ithaca | Odysseus’ island homeland |
| Pylos | the home of Nestor |
| Sparta | the home of Menelaus and Helen |
| Troy | the battleground of the Trojan War |
| Ogygia | the Isle of Calypso, where Odysseus is held prisoner |
| Scheria | the island home of the Phaeacians |
| Ismarus | home of the Cicones in southern Thrace, raided by Odysseus after the war |
| Land of the Lotus Eaters | the home of a mysterious race that subsists on the lots plant |
| Land of the Cyclops | inhabited by man-eating, one-eyed giants |
| Aeolia | home of Aeolus, the mortal appointed by the gods as keeper of the winds |
| Telepylus | home of the man-eating Laestrygonians, monstrous giants |
| Aeaea | the isle of Circe |
| Ocean’s End | the entrance to Hades |
| Hades | the underworld, where the dead dwell |
| Isle of the Sirens | the home of alluring, beautiful, murderous creatures that tempt sailors to their shores |
| Isle of the Sirens | Scylla’s cave and Charybdis’ vortex can be found here |
| Isle of the Sirens | the homes of two sea monsters along a narrow canal |
| Thrinacia | the isle of Helios, the sun god |
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