| A | B |
|---|
| God of the sea; Poseidon | Poseidon |
| he is the first to enter Circe's hall | Polites |
| blind minstrel who wrote the Odyssey | Homer |
| an elaborate comparison that goes on for lines; uses like or as | epic simile |
| the suitors must string this as the first part of the challenge | bow |
| son of Odysseus | Telemachus |
| Odysseus' home | Ithaca |
| larger-than-life figure, usually male, who embodies the ideals of a nation or race | epic hero |
| the piece of furniture in Odysseus' home that can't be moved | bed |
| suitor who tries to reason with Odysseus; blames the first suitor to die | Eurymachus |
| king who helped Odysseus finally reach home | Alcinous |
| giant one-eyed monster | cyclops |
| Son Poseidon; he kills some of Odysseus' crew | Polyphemus |
| Odysseus' wife | Penelope |
| brief, descriptive phrases that help to characterize a person or thing | epithet |
| master mariner and great contender | Odysseus |
| blind prophet whom Odysseus visits in the Underworld | Tiresias |
| beautiful witch who helps Odysseus by sending him to the Underworld | Circe |
| poetic form of The Odyssey | epic poem |
| whirlpool monster | Charybdis |
| six-headed monster who eats Odysseus' men | Scylla |
| first of the suitors to die | Antinous |
| story that precedes the story of The Odyssey | the Iliad |
| disguise of Odysseus when he returns home | beggar |
| they sang beautiful music and lured sailors to their death | Sirens |
| Circe turns Odysseus' men into this | pigs |
| Odysseus' father | Laertes |
| god of the winds | Aeolus |
| country where Odysseus and his men are coming from as they start for home | Troy |
| Odysseus' men ate his cattle | Helios |
| supreme ruler of the Greek gods | Zeus |
| Odysseus' nurse and servant | Eurycleia |
| goddess who helps Odysseus | Athena |
| one of Odysseus' servants who helps him fight | Philotius |
| one of Odysseus's servants who helps him fight the suitors | Eumaeus |
