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The Odyssey Charas
for the Humanities Honors test on 9/12 Monday,,,I'm going to poop my pants
| character or place | description |
|---|---|
| Cicones | people whom Odysseus' men attack soon after the Greeks leave |
| Laestrygonians | cannibal tribe encountered by Odysseus |
| Lotus Eaters | islanders who tempt Odysseus' crew with their lotus flowers |
| Alcinous | king of the Phaeacians, in whose court Odysseus tells his story |
| Antinous | rambunctious leader among Penelope's suitors during Odysseus' absence; dies first in the Great Hall after Odysseus shoots an arrow into his throat |
| Eumaeus | swineherd and an old and loyal servant to Odysseus |
| Eurycleia | Odysseus' old nurse; recognized Odysseus after bathing him and seeing his hunting scar |
| Eurylochus | second in command to Odysseus; he leads Odysseus' men to slaughter the cattle of Helios for consumption |
| Eurymachus | one of the suitors for Penelope, another leader of the suitors alongside Antinous; tried to plan to kill Telemachus but failed and is killed by Odysseus via his spear |
| Laertes | Odysseus' father, the old king lives humbly and in solitude on a small farm where he mourns the absence of his son; once reunited with Odysseus, he is restored to dignity |
| Perimedes | loyal member of Odysseus' crew who helps him with making the sacrifices necessary to visit with spirits from the Underworld |
| Tiresias | blind prophet whom Odysseus consults in the underworld; shows Odysseus how to communicate with souls in the Underworld and how to get back to Ithaca |
| Aeaea | island home of Circe |
| Aeolia | island home of Aeolus, god of winds |
| Ismarus | a stronghold on the coast of the Cicones |
| Ogygia | island home of Calypso |
| Phaeacia | island of shipbuilders and traders; ruled by Alcinous |
| Scylla | a six-headed monster who, when ships pass, swallows one sailor for each head |
| Thrinacia | island of Helios, the sun god |
| Aeolus | Greek god of winds |
| Muse | one of the nine goddesses who preside over art, literature, and science |
| Calypso | sea nymph who keeps Odysseus on her island for seven years |
| Charybdis | deadly whirlpool, across a narrow strait from Scylla |
| Circe | the witch who turns Odysseus' men into swine (gave Odysseus important warnings) |
| Polyphemus | son of Poseidon; a cyclops who briefly imprisons Odysseus and his men whom he ate before getting his eye stabbed by Odysseus |
| Sirens | sea nymphs who lure sailors to their deaths by singing sweetly |
| Argos | Odysseus' faithful dog |
| nobody or no-man | the name that Odysseus jokingly tells the cyclops after stabbing his eye and blinding him before getting cocky and revealing himself as Odysseus |
| Demodocus | blind bard of the Phaecians; he sings of Odysseus' quarrel with Achilles at Troy; this makes Odysseus cry |
| Achaeans | Greeks |
| Titans | an earlier generation of gods who were overthrown by Zeus and his followers |
| Agamemnon | commander of the Greek forces at Troy |
| Telemachus | son of Odysseus |
| Penelope | Odysseus' wife who was pursued by the suitors during Odysseus' absence |
| Ithaca | island homeland of Odysseus |
| Olympus | home of the Greek gods on the peak of Mt. Olympus |
| Troy | also called Ilion or Ilium; site of the Trojan War, the mighty city that fell during the Trojan War |
| Underworld | land of the dead |
| Apollo | Greek god of music, poetry, archery, and prophecy |
| Athena | Greek goddess of wisdom, skill, warfare, cities, and weaving |
| Cronus | father of Zeus and leader of Titans, an earlier generation of gods |
| Helios | Greek sun god who keeps a herd of cattle on his own island |
| Poseidon | Greek god of the sea and of earthquakes, oceans, and horses |
| Zeus | king/ruler of all the gods and goddesses; god of lightning |
| Cyclops | race of one-eyed giants |
| Achilles | the warrior who was the greatest Greek hero in the Trojan War |
| Artemis | goddess of the hunt and the moon |
| Aphrodite | goddess of love and beauty |
| Dionysus | god of wine and revelry |
| Hera | wife of Zeus; goddess of marriage |
| Hestia | goddess of the hearth |
| Ares | god of war |
| Hephaestus | god of smiths (blacksmiths) and fire |
| Demeter | goddess of agriculture |
| Hades | god (ruler) of the dead and Underworld |
| Hermes | messenger god |
| Ulysses | Latin name for Odysseus |
| Pylos | the first kingdom where Telemachus went on his journey to find answers about his father; here he meets Nestor |
| Sparta | the second kingdom where Telemachus went on his journey to find answers about his father; here he meets king Menelaus |
| Nestor | king of Pylos, chatty wise guy that fought with Odysseus in Troy; sends Telemachus off to Sparta after Telemachus visits his kingdom Pylos |
| Menelaus | king of Sparta, Agamemnon's brother, also fought with Odysseus in Troy; made Telemachus confident in the fact that his father is stilll alive |
| Elpenor | drunk dude that died while on Circe's island via falling off the roof of her house; after going to the Underworld, Odysseus returns briefly to Circe to bury Elpenor properly |
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