| Circe | held his men captive as pigs |
| Penelope | Odysseus’ wife |
| Calypso | held him captive for 7 years |
| Scylla | 6 headed monster with 12 tentacles |
| Homer | wrote the odyssey |
| Polyphemus | the name of the cyclops |
| Helios | the god of the sun |
| Sirens | half women half monsters who lured men to their deaths by singing |
| Charybdis | giant violent whirlpool |
| Nobody | the name Odysseus gives the cyclops when they are in the cave |
| Athena | immortal that was the protector of Telemachus |
| Dawn | had rose colored fingers |
| Odysseus | Laertes son |
| 6 men per ship | how many men did odysseus lose to Scylla |
| Antenous | the head suitor who plots to kill Telemachus |
| Made men forget about home and not want to go back | What did the lotus flower do? |
| Poseidon | god that was angry at Odysseus |
| To get him drunk | why did odysseus offer wine to the cyclops? |
| Odysseus tells the cyclops that he is “nobody” and stabs him in the eye; his men get out by hitching rides on the bottom of the sheep | how does Odysseus kill the cyclops? |
| Cycones | odysseus lost half of his men to them |
| Teiresias | the blind prophet |
| Helen | who is the wife of Menelaus? |
| Alcinous | The king that helps Odysseus get home |
| Telemacus | Odysseus’ son |
| Nausiccaa | Alcinous’ daughter |
| Eurylochus | Odysseus’ right hand man on the adventures |
| Full of pride | Odysseus’ flaw |
| He was worshipping and asleep | why didn’t Odysseus stop his men from killing the cattle? |
| Dying of starvation | according to Eurylochus, what is worse than dying in battle? |
| True | T or F: an epic hero is always appealing to the opposite gender |
| Circe | who (goddess) is helpful and harmful to the men? |
| His mother | in the land of the dead who does Odysseus encounter? |
| One; Odysseus | at the end of part 1, how many survivors are there? |
| Zeus | who punishes his men after they killed the cattle? |
| Invocation | a prayer to the Muses |
| Epithet | short descriptive phrases without using their name |
| Aeolus | Gave him a bag of winds |
Odyssey review
April 25, 2020