| A | B |
|---|
| Homer | blind writer of the story |
| Odyssey | story of a 10 year trip home |
| Troy | location of a long war |
| Odysseus | hero of the story; Greek king |
| Ithaca | home of Odysseus |
| Penelope | loyal wife of Odysseus |
| Poseidon | god of the sea |
| Athena | goddess daughter of Zeus, protector of Odysseus |
| Olympus | home of the gods |
| Zeus | king of gods, brother of Poseidon |
| suitors | those seeking to get married |
| Telemachus | son of Odysseus |
| Mentes | disguise of Athena |
| Antinous | bad character; worst of the suitors |
| Pylos | a Greek island |
| Nestor | king of Pylos & friend of Odysseus |
| utter | complete |
| pestering | bothering |
| loom | machine used to make cloth |
| abroad | out of the country |
| shroud | cloth used to cover a dead person |
| unravel | to take apart |
| make haste | hurry up |
