Books I-XV Flashcards
Laestrygonian king; ate Odysseus’ scout; wife was a mountain -sized giantess
Antiphates
old man of the sea; an immortal Egyptian able to charge shape at will
Proteus
son of Polybus; a leading suitor and Ithacon
Eurymachus
“Come here, renowned …”
Sirens’ song
loyal servant of Penelope; herald in Odysseus’ house; suitors’ favorite servant
Medon
plain at the end of the world where virtuous heroes go at death
Elysium
son of Eupeithes; Ithacon leader of the suitors; suitor Penelope hates most
Antinous
Odysseus’ mother; seems that she killed herself, which is what tradition says
Anticlea
“Poor unhappy stranger …”
Eumaeus to the beggar
prophet/seer; Persephone granted him understanding even in the Underworld
Teiresias
famous sailors and traders who Odysseus claimed had helped him
Phoenicians
king of the Cyclopes; son of Poseidon and Thoosa; blinded to Odysseus
Polyphemus
“Let us ask the stranger …”
Laodamas to Euryalus (about Odysseus)
relative of Odysseus; second in command of the men of Ithaca
Eurylochus
the sun god; a Titan sometimes referred to as Helios
Hyperion
daughter of Atlas; nymph on the island of Ogygia
Calypso