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The Odyssey

The Odyssey. Important People and Places. Ithaca. Odysseus’s home; his goal for the entire story is to return to this place. Characters in ITHACA.

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The Odyssey

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  1. The Odyssey Important People and Places

  2. Ithaca Odysseus’s home; his goal for the entire story is to return to this place.

  3. Characters in ITHACA • Penelope: Odysseus’s wife. Faithfully waits for Odysseus’s return. Keeps suitors at bay by weaving, promising to be open to marriage when she is finished, and then unraveling whatever she has accomplished every night.

  4. Telemachus: Odysseus’s son, born on the day Odysseus left for battle in Troy. Protects his mother from suitors and goes in search of Odysseus

  5. Antinous and Eurymachus: two of Penelope’s chief suitors. Antinous is mean-spirited, while Eurymachus plots to kill Telemachus. • Eurycleia: Odysseus’s nurse; first person to recognize Odysseus when he returns to Ithaca.

  6. Characters on theJOURNEY

  7. Characters that cause trouble:The Ladies • Charybdis: female monster who sucks in water three times a day to form a deadly whirlpool. • Calypso: beautiful nymph goddess who keeps Odysseus on her island for seven years • Circe: enchantress and goddess who turns Odysseus’s men into swine

  8. 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 a dangerous rock.

  9. Characters Who Cause trouble:The Gentlemen • Polyphemus: Cyclops who is blinded by Odysseus. Son of sea god Poseidon and from a race of brutish, one-eyed giants who live solitary lives as shepherds • Poseidon: the sea god. An adversary who puts obstacles in the way of Odysseus’s journey home

  10. Other characters who cause trouble • Cicones: people living on the southwestern coast of Thrace who battled Odysseus and his men on their journey • Lotus Eaters: people who feed Odysseus’s men lotus plants to make them forget Ithaca “Itha-whaaaa?”

  11. The Gods • Zeus: the most powerful god. His home is on Mt. Olympus • Apollo: god of poetry, music, prophecy, medicine, and archery. (He’s a busy guy.) • Athena: favorite daughter of Zeus; goddess of wisdom as well as war and peace. Favored the Greeks during the Trojan War

  12. Cronus: Titan (giant god) who ruled the universe until his son Zeus overthrew him • Poseidon: god of the sea; brother of Zeus. Enemy of Odysseus • Helios: sun god • Hephaestus: god of metal working • Hermes: messenger god

  13. Can you guess? Which character is represented by these pictures?

  14. Charybdis

  15. The Lotus Eaters

  16. Poseidon

  17. Zeus

  18. Scylla

  19. Polyphemus (The Cyclops)

  20. Calypso

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