| A | B |
|---|
| Aeolus | keeper of the winds |
| Athena | Goddess of wisdom; Odysseus's patron |
| Calypso | island nymph who keeps Odysseus for 7 years |
| Circe | witch goddess; she changes men into animals |
| Hades | ruler of the underworld |
| Hermes | messenger of the gods |
| Odysseus | king of Ithaca |
| Penelope | Odysseus's faithful wife |
| Polyphemos | Son of Poseidon |
| Poseidon | god of the Sea; main enemy of Odysseus |
| Teiresias | Blind prophet Odysseus goes to see in Hades |
| Telemachus | Son of Odysseus and Penelope |
| Zeus | king of the gods and ruler of the sky |
| Length of the Trojan War | ten years |
| Length of time Odysseus was away from home | twenty years |
| tragic flaws of Odysseus | pride and curiosity |
| number of men who returned to Ithaca with Odysseus | zero |
| Odysseus left this item in Ithaca | his bow |
| Athena transformed Odysseus into this | an old beggar |
| Why Odysseus eats a poisonous weeds | To avoid being turned into an animal |
| Name Odysseus gave to Polyphemus. | nobody |
| With Ithaca in sight, opening this doomed the men of Odysseus | bag of winds |
| Promise made by Penelope | She will choose a new husband when her son has his first beard |
| Reason Odysseus' mother drowns herself | She believes her son is dead |
| Mother of Odysseus | Anticlea |
| Scylla | Sea monster with six heads |
| Charybdis | Sea monster that would have destroyed the ship and all men |
| Sirens | Odysseus put beeswax in the ears of his men to avoid being killed by them |
| Penelope's contest for choosing a husband | String the bow & shoot through 12 axe-heads |
