Odyssey characters and places part 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Polyphemus | cyclops; son of Poseidon |
| Penelope | wife of Odysseus |
| Alcinous | the king of the Phaeacians |
| Circe | a goddess and enchantress who lives on the island of Aeaea |
| Cicones | allies of the Trojans, who live at Ismarus |
| Lotus Eaters | inhabitants of a land Odysseus visits; eat an addictive plant |
| Elpenor | one of Odysseus' crew, killed in an accident |
| Euryclochus | a trusted officer of Odysseus |
| Tiresias | blind prophet whose spirit Odysseus visits in the underworld |
| Nobody | name Odysseus gives the cyclops |
| cyclopes | a race of one-eyed giants |
| Scylla | a six-headed sea monster who devours sailors |
| Charybdis | a dangerous whirlpool personified as a female sea monster |
| Sirens | creatures, part woman and part bird, whose songs lure sailor to their death |
| Poseidon | god of the sea, earthquakes and horses; father of Polyphemus |
| Odysseus | Greek trying to return to Ithaca from the Trojan War |
| Ithaca | island where Odysseus calls home |
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