| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Aesop | former slave who uses the fable as a means of political and social criticism |
| Zeus | king of the heavens |
| Hera | goddess of home and hearth |
| Poseidon | god of the sea |
| Hades | god of the underworld |
| Athena | goddess of wisdom |
| Hermes | messenger god |
| Ares | war god |
| Aphrodite | goddess of love |
| Paris and the Golden Apple | Paris gave the golden apple to Aphrodite and won Helen of Troy |
| Homer | writer of the Iliad and the Odyssey |
| Odysseus | king of Ithaca |
| Penelope | wife of Odysseus |
| Telemachus | son of Odysseus |
| Calypso | sea nymph who keeps Odysseus captive for 10 years |
| Naussicaa | princess of the island of Scheria |
| Lotus Eaters | made food that would cause forgetfulness |
| Cyclops called Polyphemus | Poseidon's son |
| The Bag of Wind | opened by Odysseus's crew and blew them off course |
| Circe | witch who turned men into pigs |
| Teiresias | blind seer |
| Sirens | their song made men kill themselves |
| Scylla | 6 headed monster |
| Charybdis | whirlpool |
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