| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Lotus | a honeyed plant that makes Odysseus's men forget about home and want to stay on the island where they are staying, Odysseus must force them back to the ship and tie them down to make them leave |
| Cyclopes | giant, agricultural beings with single eyes, have no laws or community, live on the island of Sicilty |
| Polyphemus | cyclops who captures Odysseus and his men, Odysseus tricks him and they get away |
| Nohbdy | what Odysseus tells the cyclops his name is to trick him |
| sheep | What Odysseus and his men tie themselves to, to escape the cyclops |
| Sirens | try to tempt Odysseus and his men by singing |
| wax | what Odysseus put in his men's ears to protect them from the Sirens' song while he is tied to the mast |
| Scylla | giant six-headed monster, actually a rock formation near the sea, eats Odysseus's men |
| Charybdis | giant whirlpool that is across from Scylla |
| Helios | who's cattle are killed by Odysseus's men |
| Phaeacia | land where Odysseus is rescued and taken car of before being sent home |
| Telemachus | Odysseus's son |
| Penelope | Odysseus's wife |
| Eumaeus | swineherder |
| Athena | goddess who disguises Odysseus |
| Leartes | Odysseus's father |
| beggar | Odysseus's disguise |
| Antinous | "leader" of the suitors |
| Ithaca | homeland of Odysseus's |
| 0 | number of surviving suitors |
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