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Odyssey Characters
Term | Definition |
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Odysseus | king of Ithaca |
Calypso | sea goddess who loves Odysseus |
Circe | enchantress who helps Odysseus |
Zeus | king of gods |
Apollo | god of music; poetry, prophecy, and medicine |
Agamemnon | king and leader of Greek forces |
Poseidon | god of sea, earthquakes, horses, and storms at sea |
Athena | goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare |
Tiresias | blind prophet who advises Odysseus |
Persephone | wife of Hades |
Telemachus | Odysseus and Penelope's son |
Sirens | creatures whose songs lure sailors to their deaths |
Scylla | sea monster of grey rock |
Charybdis | enormous and dangerous whirlpool |
Hermes | herald and messenger of the gods |
Penelope | Odysseus's wife |
Polyphemus | the cyclops who imprisons Odysseus |
plundered | took something by force |
fugitives | group of persons who have run away from danger |
avenge | to get revenge |
dispatched | finished something quickly |
ventured | tried something dangerous |
tactics | military procedures |