Gods and Goddesses in Odyssey Part 1 Flashcards
protagonist
odysseus
son of odysseus
telemachus
odysseus’s wife
penelope
daughter of zeus and goddess of wisdom
athena
god of the sea
poseidon
king of gods and men
zeus
most arrogant of penelope
antinous
manipulative, deceitful suitor
eurymachus
one of the cyclopes
polyphemus
beautiful witch goddess
circe
theban prophet in the underworld
tiresias
keeper of winds
aeolus
god of sun
helios
sea monster
scylla and charybdis
innocent looking people who had trees of flower like plants and made you forget things when you eat them
lotus eaters
immortal powerful god who had powers to heal and represented by a deadly bow and arrow
apollo
father of odysseus
laertes
people without culture who would eat people
cyclopes
tribe of man eating giants
Laestrygones
famed for skilled of sails
Alcinous
Odyssey mother
Anticlea
youngest crew member who died on circes island and who odysseus promised would bury his body in the underworld
Elpenor,
she promised odysseus immortality if he loved her
Calypso