Odyssey

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Odyssey

Chronological order of Events

17. Ithaka

16. Phaiakians- Nausikaa & feast--> alkinoos sends men to take him back to ithaka

15. Kalypso- held him 7 yrs as her love slave- Zeus sends Hermes to tell Kalypso to let him go--> Odysseus builds raft

14. Thrinakia- island where Helios' cattle are--> stranded & starving men eat cattle

13. Skylla & Kharybdis- kirke & teiresias tell him to take the skylla & lose only 6 men instead of all

12. Sirens- odysseus allowed to listen to siren song tied to mast

11. aiaia- bury elpenor & kirke tells him how to get home

10. Underworld- teiresias tells him how to get home. meets other important people in underworld

9. Aiaia- Kirke- turns men except Odysseus into swine (Hermes gives him antidote to Kirke's potion)

8. laistrygonians- eat almost all of the men--> odysseus' ship gets away

7. go back to aiolos--> aiolos sends them away "cursed"

6. almost to ithaka but the crew opens the bag of winds aiolos gave to them

5. king Aiolos- gives them the bag of winds

4. Kyklopes- stab his eye & steal his sheep--> poseidon curses them

3. Lotos Eaters- some men don't want to leave

2. Kikones- kill, pillage & rape women, steal livestock

1. Troy

Gods and Goddesses

Persephone

Kharybdis

Skylla

kyklops

(polyphemus)

poseidon's son

ino

sea nymph that told odysseus to ditch raft

helios

poseidon

kirke

hermes

kalypso

athena

People

tu madre

tenga un gato gordo

Seareach

insulted Odysseus ("merchant/businessman")

Prince Laodamas

challenged Odysseus @ Alkinoos' feast

Agamemnon

Odysseus sees him in underworld. Warns against women

Laistrygonians

eat most of his people

Your mom

is great in bed

Neoptolemus

Ideal son/Greek Man: 1. great speaker; 2. great warrior; 3. fearless

Akhilleus's son

Teiresias

Prophet in the underworld. Must drink the blood first

Antikleia

Elpenor

falls off roof @ Kirke's island, Odysseus finds him in the underworld

Lotos Eaters

Demodokos

The Harper-Phaiakians

akhilleus

Queen Arete

Alknoos's wife.

Nausikaa

king Alkinoos

telemakhos

penelope

odysseus

Places

sicily

kyklopes

Skheria Island

Phaiakians

Thrinakia

Island where Helios' cattle are

Aiaia

Kirke's island