Odysseus Flashcards
Tiresias
A Theban prophet who inhabits the underworld
Poseidon
a divine antagonist, effecting the main character’s journey home
Scylla
a supernatural female creature, with 12 feet and six heads on long snaky necks, each head having a triple row of sharklike teeth, while her loins were girdled by the heads of baying dogs.
Zeus
the weigher and middleman of all disputes.
Calypso
she entertained the Greek hero Odysseus for seven years, but she could not overcome his longing for home even by promising him immortality.
Charybdis
a dangerous whirlpool that swallowed down and belched back the ocean water several times a day, causing a danger for any passing ships.
Apollo
stalwart guide and protector to the hero alongside Athena
Odysseus
the husband of Queen Penelope and the father of Prince Telemachus
Antinous
a violent and over-confident character ( suitor) who strives hard to take Odysseus’ throne
Circe
a sorceress, who turned Odysseus men into pigs
Penelope
wife to odysseus
Athena
goddess who favors/assists Odysseus and his family
Helios
a gentle god known to bring light onto the earth
Telemachus
son of Odysseus and Penelope
Persephone
Odysseus encounters her when he visits his dead mother
P (0) lyphemus
cyclops
Hermes
the messenger of the gods and the conductor of the dead to Hades.
Alcinous
the king of Phaeacians, the guiding hand to which Odysseus can look up
How the Trojan War began
after the abduction (or elopement) of Queen Helen of Sparta by the Trojan prince Paris.
Who was involved on the Greek side of the Trojan War
Agamemnon was joined by the Greek heroes Achilles, Odysseus, Nestor and Ajax, and accompanied by a fleet of more than a thousand ships from throughout the Hellenic world.
How the War came to an end
the Greeks retreated from camp and left behind a large wooden horse outside the gates of Troy.
The order of events in The Odyssey
1
End of Trojan War
2
Odysseus and his men attack Cicons
3
Odysseus and crew forget about home (Lotus-Eaters)
4
Odysseus stabs out Cyclops’ eye
5
Receive bag of wind
6
Odysseus loses all of his ships but 1 to the Laestrygonians
7
Circe turns half of Odysseus’ crew into pigs
8
Journey to the Underworld
9
Pass by Scylla and Charybdis
10
Men eat Helios’ cattle
11
Odysseus loses all of his men
12
Odysseus washes up on Calypso’s island
13
Hermes commands Calypso to let Odysseus go
14
Odysseus is taken in by king Alcinous where he tells his story
15
Odysseus arrives back in Ithaca
16
Argos recognizes Odysseus
17
Eurycleia recognizes Odysseus
18
Odysseus completes the trial of the axes and kills the suitors
