Oddessey Flashcards
Erebus
Dark area of the underworld where the dead reside
Aeaea
Home of Circe, the witch goddess
Ithaca
Home of Odysseus
Phaeacia
Island kingdom ruled by King Alcinous; the Phaeacians are shipbuilders and traders
Thebes
Home of Tiresias
Thrinakia
Island where the sun god Helios keeps his cattle
Antinous
One of Penelope’s leading suitors an arrogant and mean young noble from Ithaca
Argos
Odysseus dog; Odysseus passed by and he dies
Eurycleia
Aged loyal servant who nursed Odysseus and Telemachus; identifies him by a scar on his leg
Eurylochus
On of Odysseus loyal crew
Odysseus
King of Ithaca, conquerer of Troy
Penelope
Odysseus faithful wife
Telemachus
Odysseus son
Alcinous
King of Phaecia; Odysseus tells the story of his adventur to Alcinous court
Calypso
Beautiful goddess-nymph who keeps Odysseus on her island for 7 years
Charybdis
Female monster who sucks water three times a day to form a deadly whirlpool
Circe
Witch-goddess who turns Odysseus men into swine, or pigs
Eumaeus
One of Odysseus loyal servants (swineherd)
Lotus eaters
People who feed Odysseus men with lotus to make them forget Ithaca
Polyphemus
The cyclops blinded by Odysseus; the son of the sea God Poseidon; cyclops are a race of brutish one- eyed giants who live solitary lives as shephers, supposedly on the island known as Sicily
Scylla
Female monster with six serpent heads, each head having a triple row of fangs
Sirens
Sea nymphs whose beautiful and mysterious music lures sailors to steer their ships toward the rocks
Teiresias
Famous blind prophet from the city of Thebes; Odysseus met him in the land of the dead
What does Hermes do to calypso
He orders her to let Odysseus leave
