| A | B |
|---|
| Tiresias | blind prophet who is in the underworld |
| Charybdis | an underwater sea monster |
| Polyphemus | one-eyed cannibal; Poseidon's son |
| Circe | a witch who turns Odysseus' men into pigs |
| Telemachus | Odysseus's son |
| Elpenor | Broke his neck; begs for proper burial |
| Athena | Goddess who helps Odysseus |
| Scylla | six-headed sea monster |
| Calypso | goddess who keeps Odysseus for 7 years |
| Penelope | Odysseus's loyal wife |
| Hermes | Gives Odysseus the moly plant; Zeus' messenger |
| Zeus | Chief god; strikes down Odysseus' ship |
| Sirens | will sing men's minds away |
| Poseidon | keeps Odysseus from home; god of sea |
| Epic Plot | a long journey, full of complications |
| Epic Hero | protagonist in an epic |
| Epic Theme | reflects such universal converns as getting home |
| Epic | a long narrative poem that tell of an hero's adventure |
| Epic Setting | includes fantastic or exotic lands |
| sensory imagery | uses the five senses to describe something |
| archetypal character | the character who is easily identifiable |
| Allusion | a reference to a famous person, place, event or literary work |
| Epic Simile | a long, elaborate comparison using something known to describe something unknown |
| Epithet | a brief phrase that points outs traits associated with a particular person or thing |
