Odyssey Character List

Question 1

Odysseus

Answer 1

Human, not god, victory of Troy, main character

Question 2

Telemachus

Answer 2

Son of Odysseus

Question 3

Penelope

Answer 3

Wife of Odysseus

Question 4

Poseidon

Answer 4

God of water and earthquake

Question 5

Zeus

Answer 5

God of all gods

Question 6

Athena

Answer 6

God of wisdom and war (daughter of Zeus)

Question 7

Hermes

Answer 7

God of messages, compared to seagull

Question 8

Calypso

Answer 8

god, immortal, Zeus told her to let Odysseus go (trapped him for 7 years)

Question 9

Princess Nausicaa

Answer 9

Daughter of king Alcinous, gives Odysseus a place to stay when she finds him in leaves

Question 10

King Alcinous

Answer 10

King of Phoenicians, gives him a safe way home to Ithaca

Question 11

Lotus Eater

Answer 11

Eat and drink the lotus plant (drugs) all day long

Question 12

Polyphemus

Answer 12

Son of Poseidon, one eye monster

Question 13

Cyclops

Answer 13

One eye monsters, VERY strong

Question 14

Nohbdy

Answer 14

That’s the name Odysseus use to tell Polyphemus

Question 15

King Aeolus

Answer 15

King of wind, cousin of Poseidon (not on good terms with Poseidon)

Question 16

Laestrygonians

Answer 16

Giant human who eat other humans (gigantic cannibals)

Question 17

Circe

Answer 17

Beautiful goddess who turn men into pigs

Question 18

Eurylochus

Answer 18

Right hand man, locks in security of men when Odysseus isn’t there

Question 19

Teiresias

Answer 19

Blind profit of the underworld from the city of Thebes

Question 20

Anticlea

Answer 20

Odysseus’s mom

Question 21

Sirens

Answer 21

Beautiful singing bird women that make you want to jump ship

Question 22

Scylla

Answer 22

Land monster, 6 heads, 12 legs, very sharp teeth

Question 23

Charybdis

Answer 23

Water/sea monster, very strong, Poseidon can’t even save you

Question 24

Lord Helios

Answer 24

Sun god, has secret cattle, called the beeves, owns thrinakid

Question 25

The Beeves

Answer 25

Lord Helios cattle, immortal, unless someone kills them

Question 26

Begger

Answer 26

Protection for Odysseus, disguise, looks very poor

Question 27

Eumaeus

Answer 27

Odysseus good long time friend, also his servant, swing heard (takes care of pigs)

Question 28

King Nestor

Answer 28

Old war buddy of Odysseus, king of Pylos

Question 29

King Menelaus

Answer 29

Island of Sparta, HUSBAND OF HELEN OF TROY

Question 30

Helen

Answer 30

Cause of the Trojan way