Characters and Locations in The Odyssey

Poseidon

• the author if The Odyssey

• the six headed sea monster

• Odysseus's home

• Odysseus's son

Ithaca

• the author if The Odyssey

• the six headed sea monster

• Odysseus's home

• Odysseus's son

Telemachus

• the author of The Odyssey

• the six headed sea monster

• Odysseus's home

• Odysseus's son

Homer

• the author of The Odyssey

• the six headed sea monster

• Odysseus's home

• Odysseus's son

Muse

• deadly whirlpool that pulls in ships and spews them back out

• the goddess who turned Odysseus's men into pigs

• the six headed monster

• gods/goddesses to whom Homer prays for inspiration

Circe

• deadly whirlpool that pulls in ships and spews them back out

• the goddess who turned Odysseus's men into pigs

• the six headed monster

• gods/goddesses to whom Homer prays for inspiration

Charybdis

• deadly whirlpool that pulls in ships and spews them back out

• the goddess who turned Odysseus's men into pigs

• the six headed monster

• gods/goddesses to whom Homer prays for inspiration

Scylla

• deadly whirlpool that pulls in ships and spews them back out

• the goddess who turned Odysseus's men into pigs

• the six headed monster

• gods/goddesses to whom Homer prays for inspiration

Before Odysseus and men reach the Sirens he:

• prays

• tells them to put beeswax in ears

• he does nothing

• asks for help

Who did Odysseus tell Polyphemus he was:

• Nobody

• son of Poseidon

• son on Zeus