ENGL 2207 - Exam 1
Orestes
Agamemnon's son who avenged his death
kidnapped
As a child, Eumaeus was
Ogygia
Calypso's island
Aeaea
Circe's home
Haemon
Creon's son, engaged to Antigone
Athene
Daughter of Zeus, goddess of wisdom and patroness of the arts and crafts, also known as Pallas. Odysseus is her favorite and protege
swineherd
Eumaeus is a
Poseidon
God of the sea and earthquakes
xenia
Greek custom of hospitality
blinds him and escapes under the bellies of his sheep
How does Odysseus escape Polyphemus?
Theseus
King of Athens
Nestor
King of Pylos that Telemachus visits to ask about his father
Menelaus
King of Sparta that Telemachus visits after Nestor
Alcinous
King of the Phaeacians who offers Odysseus hospitality in Scheria
Zeus
King of the gods
Peisistratus
Nestor's son
Telemachus
Odysseus and Penelope's son
asleep
Odysseus is ___ when he is left in Ithaca by the Phaeacians
Argus
Odysseus' dog
Ithaca
Odysseus' home
Anticleia
Odysseus' mother, she dies grieving her son's long absence and sees him only during his visit to the Land of the Dead.
Laertes
Odysseus's aging father, who resides on a farm in Ithaca.
Jocasta
Oedipus' real mother and wife
Eurymachus
One of Penelope's suitors
Ismene
Sister of Antigone
Pylos
Telemachus' first stop on his journey from Ithaca
Sparta
Telemachus' second stop on his journey from Ithaca
Calypso
The beautiful nymph who falls in love with Odysseus when he lands on her island-home of Ogygia
Circe
The beautiful witch-goddess who transforms Odysseus's crew into swine when he lands on her island
Antinous
The most arrogant of Penelope's suitors that leads the campaign to kill Telemachus
Tiresias
Theban prophet that Odysseus meets in the underworld, shows Odysseus how to return to Ithaca and allows him to communicate with other souls
Mt. Cithaeron
What mountain was Oedipus left at as an infant
Merope
Who does Oedipus believe his mother is
to get information about Odysseus
Why does Telemachus go to Pylos and Sparta
she can't overrule Poseidon
Why doesn't Athene get Odysseus home sooner?
Penelope
Wife of Odysseus, Mother of Telemachus
cicones
allies of the Trojans, who live at Ismarus, who Odysseus visits on his travels
Eurycleia
an old female servant, still loyal to Odysseus that recognizes his scar
Arnaeus
beggar that repeatedly insults Odysseus inside the palace
Melanthius
brother of Melantho, treacherous and opportunistic goatherd who supports the suitors
Nausicaa
daughter of King Alcinous and Arete of the Phaeacians who discovered Odysseus on the beach
Antigone
daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta
moly
drug that Hermes gives Odysseus to resist Circe's magic
kleos
glory, fame
nostos
homecoming
Agamemnon
king of Mycenae whose spirit Odysseus encounters in the underworld (represents the possible outcome Odysseus may face with the suitors)
Grothi Seaton
know thyself
Eumaeus
loyal swineherd of Odysseus
Odysseus
main protagonist of the Odyssey that is attempting to make it back to his home, Ithaca
Aegisthus and Clytemnestra
murdered Agamemnon
Theoclymenus
prophet that dooms the suitors
Arete
queen of the Phaeacians who Odysseus makes his appeal to
Proteus
shape changer referred to as the Old Man of the Sea
Demodocus
singer who sings of Odysseus' tarvels
Melantho
sister of Melanthius, maid disloyal to Odysseus, has an affair with Eurymachus
Polynices
son of Oedipus and Jocasta
Polyphemus
the Cyclops who imprisoned and was blinded by Odysseus
polumetis mindset
the ability to react to a threat or crisis with the appropriate agility of response
Creon
the brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus
eaten
the lotus is
Amphinomus
the only decent suitor of Penelope
Scylla and Charybdis
the two obstacles that Odysseus must pass between
turns it to stone
what does Poseidon do to the Phaeacian crafter after they drop Odysseus off in Ithaca?
Thebes
where does Oedipus the King take place
Corinth
where was Oedipus raised
Mentor
who does Athene commonly appear as
Polybus
who does Oedipus think his father is?
Helen
wife of Menelaus, caused the Trojan War
