The Oddysey

6. The king of the gods, and the god of thunder, who spared Odysseus’s life but punished him to the island of Ogygia
8. A man-eating cyclops, who got blinded by Odysseus under the name “Nobody”; the son of Poseidon and Thoosa
9. The most arrogant and violent of the suitors, who led the plot to kill Telemachus
11. The god of the sea, who unleashes his wrath onto Odysseus throughout the books
12. The god of travels, who acts as a divine messenger and facilitator to Odysseus’s journey home

1. A famous greek hero who served as the king of Ithaca; the son of Laertes
2. The goddess of wisdom, disguised as Mentor to help Telemachus find his father
3. A powerful enchantress who lives on the island of Aeaea, who turned Odysseus’s men into pigs
4. A blind, deceased prophet of Thebes whom Odysseus visited in the Underworld
5. A sea nymph who kept Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, for seven years
7. The queen of Ithaca who weaved a shroud for 20 years; the daughter of Icarius
10. The first four books of The Odyssey are named after him; the only son of Odysseus and Penelope