Odyssey

Aiaia

Kirke's island

Thrinakia

Island where Helios' cattle are

Skheria Island

Phaiakians

sicily

kyklopes

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

athena

kalypso

hermes

kirke

poseidon

helios

ino

sea nymph that told odysseus to ditch raft

kyklops

(polyphemus)

poseidon's son

Skylla

Kharybdis

Persephone

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