| A | B |
|---|
| Ithaca | home of Odysseus |
| Poseidon | god of the sea |
| Polyphemus | cyclops blinded by Odysseus |
| Argus | Odysseus's dog |
| Hermes | messenger of the gods |
| Olympus | home of the gods |
| grotto | sea cave |
| Muses | one of the 9 goddesses of music, art, literature |
| Athena | goddess of warfare |
| Helios | god of the sun/lord of Noon |
| Lotus Eaters | land where the men became intoxicated and did not want to leave the area. |
| Tiresias | blind prophet that warned Odysseus of the future |
| Laertes | Odysseus's father |
| Penelope | Odysseus's wife |
| Telemachus | Odysseus's son |
| Wandering Rocks | area that the Sirens seduced the ships to for destruction |
| Charybdis | gigantic sea whirlpool |
| Scylla | sea monster |
| Circe | enchantress who turns men into swine |
| Calypso | goddess that fell in love with Odysseus and live on Oyggia |
| Aeolus | god of wind |
| Trojan War | the reason Odysseus left home |
| Persephone | wife of Hades |
| Sirens | their lovely voices seduces the sailors |
| Elpenor | drunk, fell, and broke his neck. |
| Antinuous | major suitor of Penelope |
| Hades | land of the dead |
| Laestrygonians | cannibals |
| Erebus | dark region which the dead pass before entering Hades |
| Aeaea | the island rules by the sorceress-goddess Circe |
| Anticlea | Odysseus's mother |
| Apollo | god of music,poetry,prophecy and medicine |
