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odyssey
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| blind prophet from the underworld | Tiresias |
| goddess of the underworld | Persephone |
| goddess of love and beauty | Aphrodite |
| goddess of epic poetry | Muse |
| inhabitants of a land visited by Odysseus and his crew | Lotus Eaters |
| god of the winds | Aeolus |
| sea nymphs who sing songs that lure men to their deaths | sirens |
| six headed female monster | Scylla |
| race of one-eyed giants | Cyclopes |
| enchantress who lives on the island of Aeaea | Circe |
| dangerous whirlpool personified as a female monsters | Charybdis |
| immortal sea nymph who hold Odysseus captive for many years | Calypso |
| King of the gods | Zeus |
| God of the sea and earthquakes | Poseidon |
| god of the sun | Helias |
| daughter of Zeus; goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare who helps her chosen heroes | Athena |
| God of sunlight, music, poetry, medicine, law, and the tending of flocks and herds | Apollo |
| Odysseus and Penelope's son | Telemachus |
| Odysseus's wife | Penelope |
| King of Ithaca and hero of Trojan war | Odysseus |
| Odysseus's father | Laertes |
| Odysseus's faithful old Nurse | Eurycleia |
| Odysseus's loyal swineherd | Eurnaeus |
| Rudest of Penelope's suitors | Antinous |
| King of the Phaeacians and person to whom Odysseus relates his story | Alcinous |