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People and Places in the Odyssey

People and Places in the Odyssey. Pages 647 in text book. The Wanderings: Characters and Places. Aeaea: home of Circe, the enchantress and goddess Alcinous: kin of Phaeacia. Odysseus tells the story of his adventures to Alcinous’s court

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People and Places in the Odyssey

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  1. People and Places in the Odyssey Pages 647 in text book

  2. The Wanderings: Characters and Places • Aeaea: home of Circe, the enchantress and goddess • Alcinous: kin of Phaeacia. Odysseus tells the story of his adventures to Alcinous’s court • Calypso: beautiful nymph goddess who keeps Odysseus on her island for 7 years

  3. Charybdis: female monster who sucks in water 3 times a day to create a dealy whirlpool • Cincones: people living on the southwestern coast of Thrace who battled Odysseus and his men on their journey. • Circe: enchantress and goddess who turns Odysseus’s men into swine

  4. Cyclops: a race of brutish one-eyed giants (one of the Cyclopes who live solitary lives as shepherds supposedly on the island known as Sicily) • Erebus: dark area of the underworld where the dead reside • Eurylochus: a member of Odysseus’s loyal crew • Lotus Eaters: people who feed Odysseus’s men lotus plants to make them forget Ithaca

  5. Phaeacia: island kingdom ruled by King Alcinous. The Phaeacians are shipbuilders and traders • Polyphemus: son of the sea god Poseidon and blinded by Odysseus • Sylla: female monster with 6 serpent heads, each head having a triple row of fangs

  6. Sirens: sea nymphs whose beautiful and mysterious music lure sailors to steer their ships toward dangerous rocks • Teiresias: famous blind prophet from the city of Thebes. Odysseus meets him in the Land of the Dead • Thrinakia: island where the sun god Helios keeps his cattle

  7. Ithaca: The People at Home • Antinous: one of Penelope’s main suitors; an arrogant and mean young noble from Ithaca • Eumaeus: swineherd, one of Odysseus’s loyal servants • Eurycleia: Odysseus’s old nurse • Eurmachus: suitor of Peneople • Eurynome: Penelope’s housekeeper • Penelope: Odysseus’s faithful wife

  8. Philoeteus: cowherd, one of Odysseus’s loyal servants • Telemachus: Odysseus’s son

  9. The Gods • Apollo: god of poetry, music, prophecy, medicine, and archery • Athena: favorite daughter of Zeus; the great goddess of wisdom as well as war and peace. She favored the Greeks during the Trojan War. She is often called Pallas Athena • Cronus: Titan (giant god) who ruled the universe until his son Zeus overthrew him • Helios: sun god

  10. Hephaestus: god of metalworking • Hermes: messenger god • Poseidon: god of the sea, brother of Zeus. Poseidon is called Earth Shaker because he is believed to cause earthquakes. He is an enemy of Odysseus • Zeus: the most powerful god. His home is on Olympus

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