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Odyssey Part 1
WSHS - English 9 - Odyssey Part 1 - Long/Tedder
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Homer | author; blind rhapsode; prayed to Muse for help |
| Odysseus | protagonist; too much pride; very clever; called “the Wanderer “ and “the raider of cities” |
| Penelope | wife of Odysseus; faithful; clever |
| Telemachus | son of Odysseus; searched fo r his father |
| Poseidon | antagoinist; god of the sea; is angry with Odysseus for not respecting the gods |
| Zeus | head god (god of thunder); helps Odysseus by sending Hermes; also punishes crew for misbehaving |
| Athena | goddess of wisdon; helps Odysseus because he is wise |
| Calypso | sea nymph who Odysseus stayed with for 7 years; offered Odysseus immortality if he would stay |
| Polyphemus | giant Cyclops; ate 6 men; was blinded and tricked by Odysseus; Poseidon’s son |
| Alcinous | King of the Phaecians; holds a feast for Odysseus the night he tells his story |
| Thrinakia | Helios’ cattle live on this island |
| Helios | god of the sun; punishes Odysseus’ crew for eating his cattle |
| Aeaea | Circe’s island |
| Hermes | messenger god; called “the Wayfinder”; gives Odysseus moly to protect him from Circe; tells Calypso she must let Odysseus leave her behind |
| Circe | beautiful witch; turns crew into pigs; sleeps with Odysseus; tells him to seek Teiresias in the Land of the Dead; warns him of Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis |
| Aeolus | god of the wind; gives Odysseus a bog of wind to help him get to Ithaca: Poseidon’s cousin |
| Scylla | 6 headed serpent; eats 6 men; Odysseus’ choice |
| Charybdis | giant whirlpool; would destroy everything |
| Teiresias | blind prophet in the Land of the Dead; foresees death for crew, trouble at home, but a peaceful death |
| Polites | crew member of Odysseus turned into a pig |
| Eurymachus | lead suitor; tricky |
| Antinous | lead singer; aggressive |
| Laertes | Odysseus’ father |
| Argos | Odysseus’ faithful dog; dies when Odysseus returns home |
| Eurycleia | servant of Penelope; faithful; Odysseus’ nurse when he was a boy |
| Eumaeus | faithful servant; swineherd |
| Sirens | monster bird/woman who sang to lure sailors to them to eat; crew put beeswax in ears to avoid |
| Cicones | warrior tribe (horseback/land) who kill 6 benches/ship of Odysseus’ men |
| Laestrygonians | giant cannibals who destroy/eat 2 ships worth of men |
| Anticleia | Odysseus’ mom’ commits suicide |
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