The Odyssey - Review
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Hospitable/helpful to Odysseus
Athena
Aeolus
Apollo
Hermes
Zeus
King Alcinous
Circe
Prophets
Telemachus
Servants
i. Eumaeus
ii. Eurycleia
iii. Philoetius
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Hostile/Hurtful
Scylla
Charybdis
Polyphemus
Eurylochus (speaks ill of O)
Poseidon
Eurymachus
Antinous
Lotus Eaters
Sirens
Calypso
Circe
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Easy to Confuse
King Alcinous (Odysseus tells him story
in Bk 9-12
Antinous (suitor)
Aeolus (Wind King)
King Laertes (Odysseus’ father)
Circe (1 year – sorceress; turns O’s men
to swine [pig])
Calypso (7 years – goddess) – O washes
up on her island
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Telemus – Cyclops prophet (predicts that
Polyphemus will be blinded
Telemachus – Odysseus’ son
Tiresias – prophet from underworld
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Euramachus – bad suitor – dies second
Philoetius – servant loyal to O
Euraeus – servant loyal to O
Eurycleia - servant loyal to O
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Scylla – six dog heads/serpents
Charybdis – whirlpool
Siren – singer – lures O and men
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Eurylochus – feared trap at Circe’s island
Polites – wants to go onto Circe’s island