the odyssey Word Scramble

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Term	Definition
Aeaea	home of Circe, the enchantress and goddess
Alcinous	king of phaeacia. odysseus tells the story of his adventures to alcinous's court
calypso	beautiful nymph goddess who keeps odysseus on her island for several years
charybdis	female monster who sucks in water 3 times a day to form a whirlpool
cicones	people live on the southwestern coast of Thrace who who battle Odysseus and his men and crew
circe	enchantress n godes who turns Odysseus and his men into swine
cyclops	see Polyphemus, below
erebus	dark area of underworld where the dead rise
eurylochus	a member of odysseus loyal crew
lotus eaters	people who feed Odysseus men lotus plants to make them forget ithaca
phaeacia	island kingdom ruled by king alcinous
polyphemus	son of sea god poseidon , a one eyed giant
scylla	female monster with six heads, each head having a triple row of fangs
sirens	sea nymphs whose beautiful ans mysterious music lures sailors to steer their ships toward dangerous rocks
teirseias	famous blind prophet from the city of thebes, odysseous meets him in the land of the dead
thrinakia	island where the sun god helios keeps his cattle
antinous	one of Penelope's mail suitores; an arrogant and mean young noble from ithica
eumaeus	swineherd, one of odysseus loyal servants
penelope	odysseus faithful wife
philoeteus	cowherd, one of odysseus loyal servant
telemachus	odysseus son
apollo	god of poetry, music, prophecy, medicine, and archery
athena	goddes of wisdom n zeus's favorite doughter
cronos	titan who ruled the world until his son zeus overthrows him
helios	sun god
hephaestus	god of metalworks
hermes	messenger god
poseidon	god of sea
zeus	the most powerful god , his home is olympus

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