And The Adventures of Odysseus

Mythology

PolyphemusThe Cyclops who imprisoned

Odysseus

CronusTitan ruler of the Universe; father of

Zeus

Charybdis

• Enormous and dangerous whirlpool

ScyllaSea monster of gray rock

SirensCreatures whose songs lure sailors to

their deaths

Calypso

• Sea goddess who loved Odysseus

Circe

• Enchantress who helped Odysseus

Zeus

• King of the gods

• God of air, thunder and lightning

• Brother of Poseidon and Hades

Poseidon

• God of the sea

• Brother of Hades and Zeus

• Father of Polyphemus

Hera

• Goddess of marriage and the family

• Goddess of motherhood and childbirth

• Wife to Zeus

Hades

• God of the dead

• Lord of the Underworld

• Brother of Poseidon and Zeus

Athena

• Goddess of wisdom, strategy and war

• Daughter of Zeus

• She was Zeus’ favorite child and was allowed to use his thunderbolt

• Born from Zeus’ forehead, therefore had no mother

Apollo

• God of the light, music, healing, prophecy, the sun and poetry

• Plays a golden lyre

• The god of truth—he cannot speak a lie

• One very important task is to harness his chariot with four horses and drive the sun across the sky

Hermes

• Messenger of the gods• The god of commerce• Noted for his trickery• Invented the lyre, the

pipes, the musical scale, astronomy, etc.

Odysseus’ journey from Troy to Ithaca