People/Places in Odyssey
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Acheans | People of Achea |
| Aeaea | Island home of Circe |
| Agamemnon | Commander of Greeks during Trojan War |
| Alcinous | King of Phaeacia |
| Antinous | Ithican noble, most arrogant of Penelope's suitors |
| Argo | name of ship manned Jason and crew in search for fleece |
| Calypso | beautiful sea nymph who kept Odysseus for seven years |
| Charybdis | whirlpool in Straits of Messina |
| Cicones | people living in coast of Thrase |
| Circe | beautiful witch goddess |
| Eumaeus | swinehard; loyal servant to Odysseus |
| Eurycleia | old nurse of Odysseus |
| Eurylochas | one of Odysseus' crew mates (who tells the crew to eat the cattle) |
| Eurymachus | one of Penelope's suitors who tries to calm Odysseus |
| Eurynome | Penelope's maid |
| Helios | sun god |
| Ithica | Odysseus' home |
| Laertes | Odysseus' father |
| Phaeacia | where Odysseus tells his story |
| Polyphemus | cyclopes son of Poseidon |
| Scylla | dangerous rock in Straits of Messina |
| Sirens | sea nymphs that lure sailors to their deaths with their song |
| Telemachus | son of Odysseus and Penelope |
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