Circe - answer✔The beautiful witch-goddess who transforms Odysseus's crew into swine when
he lands on her island.
Athena - answer✔Favorite daughter of Zeus. Greek goddess of wisdom, war and peace; friend of
Odysseus
the Sirens - answer✔Creatures who can spellbind any man alive who catches their voice in the
air.
Scylla - answer✔6 headed monster lives on this island
Charybdis - answer✔female monster who sucks water to form a deadly whirlpool
Helios - answer✔Odysseus's men stole his cattle
Telemachus - answer✔son of Odysseus and Penelope, heir to the throne of Ithaca
Ithaca - answer✔Home of Odysseus
Odysseus - answer✔Main character of the Odyssey. Son of Laertes and Anticleia, husband of
Penelope and father of Telemachus. A cunning, shrewd and eloquent hero.
Penelope - answer✔The wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity
epic hero - answer✔A main character in an epic whose legendary or heroic actions are central to
his/her culture, race, or nation.
odyssey - answer✔A long journey
epic - answer✔A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
imagery - answer✔Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
Homer - answer✔A Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
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