The Odyssey

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Six-headed monster with 12 tentacles

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Scylla

Front

Odysseus' wife

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Penelope

Front

Described as a whirlpool, swallows ships

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Charybdis

Front

Penelope's heart was iron

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metaphor

Front

Odysseus' disguise upon returning to Ithaca

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A beggar

Front

Calling someone a Siren

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Allusion

Front

Beautiful women sang sweetly, men died at their feet

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The Sirens

Front

Honeyed plant that made Odysseus' men forget home

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The Lotus Eaters

Front

Odysseus' son

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Telemacus

Front

Indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work

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Allusion