| ch. 6what does nausicaa mean by “home'” | palace/castle |
| who are the paheacaians | kind but predigous |
| who is nausicca | alcinous and aretes daughter |
| what goddess helps Odysseus | Athena |
| How does Nausicaa help Odysseus | she invites him to go back to her palace |
| ch. 7who is the queen? | Arete |
| who is Alcinous? | king |
| ch. 8who is Achilles? | famous warrior of Trojan War who made a deal that he would die in war IF he was famous. |
| What does it mean by “Odysseus cried into his mantle”? | cries to himself |
| ch. 9what is Ismarus? | city of cicones |
| what are cicones? | tribe of people |
| what is the “land” of the Lotus-eaters? | they eat Lofus, a juicy fruit that makes you want to “stay” |
| what was the name of the Cyclops that Odysseus and men ran into? | polythemus |
| what does the Cyclops first do to odysseus’ men? | he was kind to them |
| how does Odysseus and his men escape the cyclops | get them drunk, then stabbed them |
| ch. 10who is aeolus | son of hypotomus |
| what happens to Odysseus on the island of Aeolus? | bag of wind |
| what is Laestrygonians? | giant canabols (tribe) |
| what happened to Odysseus on the island of Laestrygonians? | they got eaten |
| who is Circe? | witch goddess |
| what happened to Odysseus’ men on the island of Circle? | drugs them then turns them into pigs |
| what is the “land of death”? | a place where the souls are judged before going to the underworld |
| who is Tiresias? | profit |
| ch. 11what is the “oceans stream”? | everyones journey down the Ocean Stream before death |
| what are the “Shades” | ghosts |
| what does Tiresias tell Odysseus? | how to get home to Ithica. |
| ch. 12who are the sirens? | beautiful but dangerous creatures |
| what is Charybdis? | world pool |
| what is Scylla? | monster that guards |
| what happens to Odysseus’ men? | they all die |
| Where does Odysseus end up? | cylypso |
The Odyssey Ch. 6-12
April 23, 2020