Chapter 22: The Return of Odysseus Flashcards
Lotus Eaters
People encountered by Odysseus
The plant they eat induces a forgetful bliss that nearly costs Odysseus his men
Cyclopes
Race of one eyed, barbaric giants
Polyphemus
Cyclops encountered and overcome by Odysseus
Aeolus
King of the winds
Gives Odysseus a bag that contains the evil winds that will delay his return home
His men, thinking the bag contains treasures, foolishly open it
Laestrygonians
Race of cannibals, the encounter with whom anticipates and contrasts with Odysseus’s reception on Phaeacia
Circê
Witch who changes Odysseus’s men to swine
Sirens
Harpy-like beasts whose song lures sialors to their deaths on the shores
Odysseus has his men bind him to the mast so that he can hear their song
Charybdis
Enormous whirlpool just opposite the perch of the monster Scylla
Odysseus must navigate through the two
Scylla
Man eating monster whose perch is just opposite the great whirlpool, the Charybdis
Odysseus must navigate through the two
Calypso
Beautiful nymph on the island of Ogygia with whom Odysseus stays for 7 years
She offers Odysseus immortality if he will stay
Phaeacians
Mythical sea faring people, on whose island Odysseus is washed ashore after Calypso
Odysseus recounts his earlier adventures in their court
Nausicaä
Daughter of the king of Phaeacia
She is induced by Athena to go to the shore where Odysseus has washed up
She brings him to the palace
Eumaeus
The faithful swineherd on Ithaca with whom Odysseus stays when first arriving home
Telemachus
Son of Odysseus
Helps his father defeat the suitors
Argus
Odysseus’s faithful dog
“swifty”
Dies after he sees Odysseus after so many years
