The Odyssey Flashcards
Aeolus
Keeper of Winds
§ Gives Odysseus bag containing all winds
§ One will blow him home safely § Within view of Ithaca
§ Odysseus falls asleep § Men open up bag
§ Winds blow them back to Aeolus’ island
Anticlea
Anticlea was the daughter of Autolycus and Amphithea. The divine trickster and messenger of the gods, Hermes, was her paternal grandfather. Anticlea was the mother of Odysseus by Laërtes
Antinoüs
Penelope’s Plan
§ Archery contest for Suitors
§ String Odysseus’ bow
§ Shoot arrow through row of 12 axe heads
§ Penelope had revealed plan to ‘Beggar’ § T riumphant Odysseus
§ No Suitor can even string bow
§ ‘Beggar’ Odysseus does so easily
§ Kills main rival § Antinoös
§ Father & Son kill remaining suitors
Arete
mother of nausicaa
Argus
Faithful dog
Calypso
Sea-nymph Calypso (‘Concealer’) keeps Odysseus prisoner on Ogygia for 7 years
§ Zeus sends Hermes to get Calypso to release Odysseus
Cicones
Odysseus & companions arrive at Ismarus
Home of the Cicones
§ City sacked, but Maron, priest of Apollo, spared
§ Maron gives them 12 amphorae of wine
Circe
Daughter of Helius
§Lives on island of Aeaea
§Circe welcomes Odysseus’ men
§Odysseus stays behind with ships
Men transformed into swine
§ Hermes gives Odysseus antidote
§ Moly
§ Odysseus:
§Immune to Circe’s Magic § Circe
§ Makes love to Odysseus
§ Changes men back into human form
Cyclopes (sing. Cyclops)
one eyed monster, polyphemus
Eumaeus
Athena disguises Odysseus as beggar § Encounters swineherd, Eumaeus
§ & Faithful dog Argus
§ Argus recognizes him … then drops dead!
§ Revelation
§ Reveals himself to Eumaeus & T elemachus
§ Keeps identity secret from Penelope § Meets with her as beggar
§ Gives her hope
Euryclea
told to move bed made of olive tree that cannot be moved
Ithaca
Home island
Wife: Penelope
Son: Telemachus
Laestrygonians
Cannibals
§ Kill and devour almost all!
§ Only Odysseus and crew escape
Lotus-eaters
Driven off-course to land of Lotus-Eaters
§ One taste of fruit:
§ Blissful Oblivion
§ Only desire: to eat more lotus fruit!
Maron
Maron, priest of Apollo, spared § Maron gives Cicones 12 amphorae of wine