| A | B |
| Sirens | monsters whose song lures men to their deaths |
| wax | what Odysseus stopped his men's ears with so that they could not hear |
| tied to the mast | Odysseus had this done so that he could hear but be powerless to steer toward shipwreck |
| Charybdis | whirlpool monster who swallows ships then spits them back up |
| Scylla | 6-headed monster in a cliff who grabs sailors and eats them |
| Island of the Sun | where Odysseus' men disregarde warnings and stole cattle |
| Zeus | became angry and sent a thunderbolt that killed all of Odysseus' men when the ship was smashed |
| Calypso | after his men died, Odysseus found himself on her island |