Characters Flashcards
Achaeans (akhaians)
People of the Achilles land
Antinous (Antinoos)
Worst suitor of them all; also killed first; arrow through the throat
Eurymachus (eurymakhos)
Another leading suitor
Circe (kirke)
Turns people into swine; goddess of her island; warned Odysseus of what lies ahead of them
Aeaea (aiaia)
Island home to kirke
Phaeacia (phaiaka)
Island the princess was on
Calypso (kalypso)
Nymph who holds Odysseus captive dormant years in hope he’ll marry her
Cicones (kikones)
City
Lotus eaters
Intoxicating fruit (Percy Jackson las vagas scene)
Cyclopes (kyklopes)
1 eyed beast; sons of posideon; Odysseus defeated
Polyphemus (polythemos)
Cyclopes that Odysseus defeated
Aeolus (aiolos)
Gave Odysseus a bag of winds
Laestrygonians (laistrygonians)
Giants
Eurylochus (eurylokhos)
Second in command on Odysseuss ship
Tiresias (Teiresias)
Inhabits underworld; helps Odysseus