| A | B |
|---|
| Ismarus | After their departure from Troy, Odysseus and his companions stop at Ismaros |
| Cicones | tribe, whose stronghold in the time of Odysseus was the town of Ismarus |
| sacked | To rob of goods or valuables, especially after capture |
| captive | One, such as a prisoner of war, who is forcibly confined |
| carousing | To engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking |
| dawdled | To take more time than necessary |
| plundering | To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war |
| hinterlands | The land directly adjacent to and inland from a coast |
| cape | A point or head of land projecting into a body of water. |
| gale | A very strong wind |
| Lotus eaters | a race of people who ate lotus fruits and flowers causing the people to sleep in peaceful apathy. |
| beached | when a ship is deliberately "run aground |
| Cyclopes | race of giants, each with a single eye in the middle of his forehead |
| uninhabited | Having no residents; not inhabited. |
| lair | The den or dwelling of a wild animal |
