Odyssey Characters Flashcards

1

King and leader of Greek forces

Odysseus
Telemachus
Agamemnon
Poseidon

2

God of the sea

Zeus
Athena
Scylla
Poseidon

3

Blind prophet who advised Odysseus

Tiresias
Zeus
Persephone
Telemachus

4

The Cyclops who imprisoned Odysseus

Eurynome
Polyphemus
Eumaeus
Cronus

5

Old swineherd and friend of Odysseus

Eurylochus
Eumaeus
Eurynome
Perimedes

6

Enormous and dangerous whirlpool

Cronus
Perimedes
Charybdis
Scylla

7

Odysseus and Penelope's son

Perimedes
Telemachus
Eurynome
Antinous

8

King of Ithaca

Apollo
Zeus
Odysseus
Laertes

9

Two suitors

Zeus & Cronus
Lampetia & Alcinous
Eurymachus & Amphinomus
Telemachus & Eurylochus

10

The nymph

Scylla
Charybdis
Lampetia
Circe

11

Leader among the suitors

Odysseus
Eurymachus
Antinous
Amphinomus

12

Odysseus' father

Antinous
Laertes
Eumaeus
Zeus

13

Wife of Odysseus

Penelope
Calypso
Circe
Athena

14

God of music, poetry, prophecy, and medicine

Athena
Zeus
Eurynome
Apollo

15

Members of Odysseus' crew

Telemachus & Eumaeus
Persephone & Hermes
Perimedes & Eurylochus
Agamemnon & Alcinous

16

Herald and messenger of the gods

Sirens
Hermes
Poseidon
Eumaeus

17

Sea goddess who loved Odysseus

Calypso
Athena
Penelope
Circe

18

King of the Phaeacians, to whom Odysseus tells his story

Sirens
Laertes
Hermes
Alcinous

19

Housekeeper for Penelope

Telemachus
Eurynome
Eumaeus
Polyphemus

20

Creatures whose songs lure sailors to their deaths

Sirens
Scylla
Circe
Cronus

21

Goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare

Persephone
Lampetia
Scylla
Athena

22

Titan ruler of the universe; father of Zeus

Poseidon
Athena
Hermes
Cronus

23

King of the gods

Zeus
Athena
Persephone
Hermes

24

Enchantress who helped Odysseus

Poseidon
Scylla
Hermes
Circe

25

Wife of Hades

Circe
Athena
Persephone
Calypso

26

Sea monster of gray rock

Scylla
Circe
Sirens
Perimedes

Odyssey Characters

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Odyssey Characters

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