2. Miss Kaminskie 11 th Grade English The Odyssey Click ship for main menu

3. Main Menu OdysseusPenelope Athena Calypso Click pictures to view character slides PolyphemusPoseidon Charybdis Scylla Click for quiz Telemachus

4. Odysseus Main character in The Odyssey King of Ithaca Husband of Penelope and Father of Telemachus Hero in the Greek and Trojan War It takes him 10 years to return home to Ithaca He goes through many trials in order to return home. Main menu

5. Penelope The wife of Odysseus While Odysseus is gone she remains faithful to him, even though everyone is telling her that he is dead and not coming back Believing her husband will return she makes a tapestry to keep the suitors away showing that she is still faithful to Odysseus Main menu

6. Athena Goddess of Wisdom She helps Odysseus on his journey home She disguises him so that he can safely enter his home without being noticed as himself and get rid of all the suitors that have taken advantage of his home and family Main menu

7. Calypso Main menu Nymph from the island of Ogygia She enchants Odysseus by singing to him She gets him to stay on the island with her for seven years She wanted to make him her immortal husband She releases Odysseus on Zeus’s orders

8. Telemachus The son of Odysseus and Penelope He tries to defend his mother from the suitors while his father is gone He doesn’t believe his father died – He goes on a journey to gain information about his father When Odysseus returns Telemachus helps him kill the suitors Main Menu

9. Polyphemus Main menu Son of Poseidon The first monster Odysseus comes in contact with He keeps Odysseus and his men prisoner in his cave – Each day he eats some of Odysseus’s men Odysseus eventually blinds Polyphemus and tricks him to escape from the cave

10. Poseidon Main menu God of the Sea Father of Polyphemus He helped Odysseus in the Trojan War He is angered by Odysseus for what he had done to his son and for not making a sacrifice to him after the Trojan War – He sends winds and storms to throw Odysseus off course and keep him from returning home

11. Scylla Lives on the opposite side of Charybdis in the Strait of Messina Sea monster with six heads This is the second monster that Odysseus comes in contact with – Odysseus goes with Scylla first because he would rather lose six men than his entire crew and ship Main menu

12. Charybdis Gigantic whirlpool monster in the Strait of Messina This is the last monster that Odysseus comes in contact with Charybdis swallows larges amounts of water and Odysseus’s ship along with the rest of his crew Main menu

13. Quiz In what order does Odysseus escape from the monsters? a)Scylla, Polyphemus, Charybdis b)Polyphemus, Scylla, Charybdis c)Charybdis, Scylla, Polyphemus Click the answer you think is best.

14. A) Scylla, Polyphemus, Charybdis is not the correct answer. The order is not correct. Back to quiz Try Again

15. Congratulations B.) Polyphemus, Scylla, Charybdis is the correct answer. Click to go to end

16. Try Again C) Charybdis, Scylla, Polyphemus is not correct. The order is not correct. Back to quiz

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