| A | B |
| Ismarus &Cicones | City near Troy sacked by Odysseus & men; six men from each ship lost |
| Lotus Eaters | Men forget home after eating fruit |
| Cyclops | Lawless Polyphemus traps men in cave |
| Aeolia | Odysseus given bag of winds; |
| Ithaca | Land in sight but blown away when men open the bag |
| Laestrygonians | Cannibalistic giants |
| Circe | Men turned into pigs |
| Hades | Teiresias tells Odysseus what he must do |
| Aeaea | Circe turns Odysseus’ men into swine |
| Sirens | Odysseus’ men plug beeswax in their ears |
| Scylla | Twelve-footed, six-necked monster who eats Odysseus’ men |
| Charybdis | whirlpool |
| Thrinaci | Island of the sun, where Odysseus’ men dine on a forbidden meat while Odysseus is napping |
| Calypso | Odysseus sits on the beach here and cries, longing to return home or to at least see the smoke from fires burning from Ithaca |
| Phaeacia | Nausicaa finds Odysseus washed up here |
| Laestrygonians | A woman “of monstrous proportions” spells doom for most of Odysseus’ men, who are “harpooned like fish” by the people who live here |
| Aeaea | Island home of Circe |
| Lotus Eaters | Many of Odysseus’ men lose their will to return home after indulging in a flowery fruit |
| Sparta | Spot where Telemachus is recognized by the king’s wife because of his resemblance to his father |
| Aeolia | Odysseus and his men are blown back to this spot |
| Scherie | Odysseus shows off his discus-throwing skills and is brought to tears by a bard |
| Pylos | Home of Nestor |