The Odyssey
Study Guide
Characters- Know the following characters:
Aeolus
Antinous
Athena
Calypso
Charybdis
Circe
Eumaeus
Eurymachus
Helios
Hermes
Ithaca
King Alcinous
Odysseus
Penelope
Polyphemus
Poseidon
Scylla
Siren
Telemachus
Tiresias
Troy
Zeus
Sequencing: put the events in the order in which they
CHRONOLOGICALLY occur (They are scrambled now)
 Attack by the
Laestrygonians
 Helios’ Island
 Island of the
Lotus Eaters
 King Alcinous
helps Odysseus
get home
 Leaves Calypso
 Meets with King
Alcinous
 Raid the Island of
the Cicones
 Scylla and
Charybdis
 Sirens
 Spend a year with
Circe
 Storm at sea that
kills Odysseus’
men
 Travel to the
Underworld
 Trojan War
 Visit Aelous, the
wind god
 Visit and Blind
Polyphemus
Know what an Epithet is and how to write a few
Know the plot of the story and major events
Know the genre and author of The Odyssey
Know the plot points found in an epic and examples of each point
The Odyssey
Study Guide
Characters- Know the following characters:
Aeolus
Antinous
Athena
Calypso
Charybdis
Circe
Eumaeus
Eurymachus
Helios
Hermes
Ithaca
King Alcinous
Odysseus
Penelope
Polyphemus
Poseidon
Scylla
Siren
Telemachus
Tiresias
Troy
Zeus
Sequencing: put the events in the order in which they CHRONOLOGICALLY occur (They are
scrambled now)
 Attack by the
Laestrygonians
 Helios’ Island
 Island of the Lotus
Eaters
 King Alcinous helps
Odysseus get home
 Leaves Calypso
 Meets with King
Alcinous
 Raid the Island of the
Cicones
 Scylla and Charybdis
 Sirens
 Spend a year with Circe
Know what an Epithet is and how to write a few
Know the plot of the story and major events
Know the genre and author of The Odyssey
Know the plot points found in an epic and examples of each point
 Storm at sea that kills
Odysseus’ men
 Travel to the
Underworld
 Trojan War
 Visit Aelous, the wind
god
 Visit and Blind
Polyphemus