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 |