Epic		Blind prophet in the Land of the Dead
Antinous		Died of a broken heart
Circe		Threw a lightning bold to destroy Odysseus's remaining men
Polyphemus		Magical and seductive plant
Leto		Greek King abandoned by his wife
Hermes		Six-headed monster
Teiresias		Artemis's mother
Lotus		Odysseus's dog
Hera		Nine daughters of Zeus Homer prays to in the opening of the epic
Athena		Helped Odysseus slay the suitors
Scylla		"singers of tales"
Telemachus		Encouraged the men to eat Helios' cattle
Fire		Created horses
Eurylochus		"Seeing is believing."
Cereal		Loyal swineherd
Rhapsodes		Long narrative poem about a hero
Aelous		Turned Odysseus's men into swine
Echo		Ringleader of the suitors
Eumaeus		The god of metalworking
Persephone		Zeus's punishment for mankind
Hephaestus		We get this word from Demeter
Argos		Broke his promise to Hades and therefore lost his wife
Poseidon		Hung in the sky by her husband
Helen		Apollo's twin
Artemis		Told Calypso to release Odysseus
Aphrodite		Ate six pomegranate seeds in the Underworld
Menelaus		Responsible for the Trojan War
Psyche		Captured the stormy winds in a bag
Muses		Gift Prometheus gave to man
Orpheus		Married to the ugliest of the gods
Laertes		Transformed Odysseus into a beggar
Zeus		Poseidon's one-eyed monsterous son
Pandora		Odysseus's father