Odysseus

A long journey full of adventures

Homer

Paris of Troy took Helen, wife of Menelaus who was the king of Sparta

10 years

Greeks won and Troy was destroyed

Odysseus is captive on Oiegia for 7 years

Turns men into pigs and stayed there for 5 years. Tells men to plug their ears when reaching the Sirens

Tiresias shows Odysseus how to get back to Ithaca and allows Odysseus to communicate with the other souls in Hades.

he Sirens' song is so seductive that Odysseus begs to be released from his fetters, but his faithful men only bind him tighter.

Cyclops captures men, wanting to eat them. Odysseus blinds the Cyclops, angering Poseidon, and the crew escapes on the bottom of sheep.

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Struggles to return to hi kingdom in Ithaca. Father of Prince Telemachus. Strong and courageous warrior, he is most renowned for his cunning. Favorite of the goddess Athena. Enemy of Poseidon.

The beautiful nymph who falls in love with Odysseus when he lands on her island-home of Ogygia. Calypso holds him prisoner there for seven years until Hermes, the messenger god, persuades her to let him go.

One of the Cyclopes whose island Odysseus comes to soon after leaving Troy. Polyphemus imprisons Odysseus and his crew and tries to eat them, but Odysseus blinds him through a clever ruse and manages to escape. In doing so Odysseus angers Poseidon.

Convinces Calypso, a nymph who keeps Odysseus captive for ten years, to let him go. Helps Odysseus resist Circe, a witch who transforms men into animals, by giving him a flower that allows him to resist her magic. Sends the spirits of the dead to the underworld

Odysseus's son. An infant when Odysseus left for Troy, Telemachus is about twenty at the beginning of the story. He is a natural obstacle to the suitors desperately courting his mother, but despite his courage and good heart, he initially lacks the poise and confidence to oppose them. Athena often assists him.

Odysseus talks to him in the underworld, where Elpenor asks for a proper burial so Odysseus sails all the way back to Circe's island to give this guy a proper burial.

God of Winds. Helps Odysseus but then sends them packing when they come back

The beautiful witch-goddess who transforms Odysseus's crew into swine when he lands on her island. With Hermes' help, Odysseus resists Circe's powers and then becomes her lover, living in luxury at her side for a year.

Second in command. Escapes when everyone else is turned into pigs. He is portrayed as an unpleasant cowardly individual who undermines Odysseus and stirs up trouble

The most arrogant of Penelope's suitors. Antinous leads the campaign to have Telemachus killed. Unlike the other suitors, he is never portrayed sympathetically, and he is the first to die when Odysseus returns.

When passing back through the strait, she turns out to not kill any of the crew. Also a sea serpent

Theban prophet who inhabits the underworld. Meets Odysseus when Odysseus journeys to the underworld. He shows Odysseus how to get back to Ithaca and allows Odysseus to communicate with the other souls in Hades.

Water serpent. Supposedly the lesser of the 2 (Scylla&Charyndis) but still eats six of his men

Wife of Odysseus and mother of Telemachus. Spends her days in the palace pining for the husband who left for Troy twenty years earlier and never returned. Sometimes flighty and excitable but also clever and steadfastly true to her husband.