Odyssey
Places
Aiaia
Kirke's island
Thrinakia
Island where Helios' cattle are
Skheria Island
Phaiakians
sicily
kyklopes
People
odysseus
penelope
telemakhos
king Alkinoos
Nausikaa
Queen Arete
Alknoos's wife.
akhilleus
Demodokos
The Harper-Phaiakians
Lotos Eaters
Elpenor
falls off roof @ Kirke's island, Odysseus finds him in the underworld
Antikleia
Teiresias
Prophet in the underworld. Must drink the blood first
Neoptolemus
Akhilleus's son
Ideal son/Greek Man: 1. great speaker; 2. great warrior; 3. fearless
Your mom
is great in bed
Laistrygonians
eat most of his people
Agamemnon
Odysseus sees him in underworld. Warns against women
Prince Laodamas
challenged Odysseus @ Alkinoos' feast
Seareach
insulted Odysseus ("merchant/businessman")
tu madre
tenga un gato gordo
Gods and Goddesses
athena
kalypso
hermes
kirke
poseidon
helios
ino
sea nymph that told odysseus to ditch raft
kyklops
(polyphemus)
poseidon's son
Skylla
Kharybdis
Persephone
Chronological order of Events
1. Troy
2. Kikones- kill, pillage & rape women, steal livestock
3. Lotos Eaters- some men don't want to leave
4. Kyklopes- stab his eye & steal his sheep--> poseidon curses them
5. king Aiolos- gives them the bag of winds
6. almost to ithaka but the crew opens the bag of winds aiolos gave to them
7. go back to aiolos--> aiolos sends them away "cursed"
8. laistrygonians- eat almost all of the men--> odysseus' ship gets away
9. Aiaia- Kirke- turns men except Odysseus into swine (Hermes gives him antidote to Kirke's potion)
10. Underworld- teiresias tells him how to get home. meets other important people in underworld
11. aiaia- bury elpenor & kirke tells him how to get home
12. Sirens- odysseus allowed to listen to siren song tied to mast
13. Skylla & Kharybdis- kirke & teiresias tell him to take the skylla & lose only 6 men instead of all
14. Thrinakia- island where Helios' cattle are--> stranded & starving men eat cattle
15. Kalypso- held him 7 yrs as her love slave- Zeus sends Hermes to tell Kalypso to let him go--> Odysseus builds raft
16. Phaiakians- Nausikaa & feast--> alkinoos sends men to take him back to ithaka
17. Ithaka