The odyssey/gods and goddesses

zeus

jupiter

the father god

weapon- forked thunderbolt

emblem- eagle and woodpecker

hera

juno

queen/mother goddess

wife of Zeus, protector of marriage

emblem- cow, peacock, lion

poseidon

neptune

God of seas and rivers

wed to Amphitrite (former sea goddess)

emblem- horse

weapon- trident

hades

pluto

God of the underworld and ruler of the dead and wealth

responsible for keeping balance in the universe

abducted demeter’s daughter persephone

helm of darkness- wearer invisible

symbol- cornucopia

animal- screech owl

apollo

apollo

God of music, poetry, medicine, light, archery, young unmarried men, prophecy, healing

son of Zeus and leto

twin of artemis

emblem- mouse (supposed to know secrets of earth) lyre

athena

minerva

goddess of wisdom

skilled in arts

emblem- wise owl

artemis

diana

twin of apollo

goddess of hunting and unmarried girls

daughter of Zeus and leto

emblem- she-bear

ares

mars

Hephaestus brother

affair with aphrodite

God of war

emblem- wild boar and blood stained spear

aphrodite

venus

goddess of love and beauty

unknown parents

forced to web Hephaestus

affair with ares

magic girdle and emblem is dove

hephaestus

vulcan

son of Zeus and hera

God of goldmsith jewelers blacksmiths fire crafts

hobbled since birth because someone threw him

emblem- quail

demeter

ceres

goddess of all useful fruits, grasses, grains/agriculture

daughter peresephone

emblem- poppy

hermes

mercury

zeus and maia’s son

god of merchants, bankers, theives, fortune tellers, heralds

invented alphabet

messenger of gods

emblem- crane and peeled hazel stick messenger

Where did Odysseus go first after Ithaca and what happened there?

Ismarus- encounters cicones- raids city- cicones- call for help- ody loses 6 men per ship

Where did Odysseus go 3rd and what happened there?

lotus eaters- nobody wanted to go home because food was drugged

Where did Odysseus go 4th and what happened there?

Sicily- cyclop- polyphemus

Where did Odysseus go 5th and what happened there?

Aeolus- God of winds- gives ody bag of favorable winds- crew opens the bag blowing them back to aeolus- king does not help them

Where did Odysseus go 6th and what happened there?

Laestrygonians (cannibals)- only ody ship is left (left it somewhere else)

Where did Odysseus go 7th and what happened there?

Aeaea (Circe)- turns men into pigs- Ody saves them (help of Hermes) - stay for a year

Where did Odysseus go 8th and what happened there?

Land of the dead (Tiresias)- tells ody to not kill cattle- if does, return home late alone- die of old age

Where did Odysseus go 9th and what happened there?

Back to Circe where she warns him about the dangers that comes- burys elpenor

Where did Odysseus go 10th and what happened there?

Land of the sirens- plugs ears with beeswax and tied to a mast

Where did Odysseus go 11th and what happened there?

Charybdis- avoids massive whirlpool

Where did Odysseus go 12th and what happened there?

Scylla- loses six men-

Where did Odysseus go 13th and what happened there?

Thrinacia (island of the sun God)- crew eats the cattle- Zeus strikes

Where did Odysseus go 14th and what happened there?

Ogygia Isle (Calypso)- captive for 7 years

Where did Odysseus go 15th and what happened there?

Phaecia- ody wrecked by poseidon- saved by ino who gives magic veil- King alcinous offers ship home

Where did Odysseus go 16th and what happened there?

back home to Ithaca- disguise as beggar