Question

Match the name to the description.

1. Polyphemus
Odysseus's mother
2. Lotus-eaters
companion of Odysseus who died at Circe's house
3. Cicones
Phaeacian prince
4. Scylla
King of Phaeacia
5. Elpenor
sea monster with six dog heads
6. Laodamas
friendly drug addicts
7. Tiresias
dead seer who tells Odysseus's future
8. Anticleia
enemies who killed six men from each of Odysseus's ships
9. Alcinous
Cyclops

Answer 1

1. Polyphemus: Cyclops; He tries to eat Odysseus and his crew soon after leaving troy and gets blind by him, he´s also one of Poseidon´s sons.
2. Lotus-eaters: friendly drug addicts; They were a race of people living on an island dominated by lotus plants, its flowers were the primarily food and its narcotics effects cause that the population slept peacefully.
3. Cicones: enemies who killed six men from each of Odysseus´s ships; They were a tribe who lived in Ismara on the south of Thrace. Odysseus and his crew took them for surprise at first and killed tha vast majority of the men but then reinforcement came and forced them to flee in their ships.
4. Scylla: sea monster with six dog heads; It was a monster that lived on one side of a narrow channel of water.
5. Elpenor: companion of Odysseus who died at Circe´s house; He was the youngest comrade of Odysseus crew , on Circe´s island he became drunk and climbed into the roof to sleep, when he awoke the next day fell off the stairs and broke his neck.
6. Laodamas: Phaecian prince
7. Tiresias: dead seer who tells Odysseus´s future; He showed him how to get back to Ithaca and also allowed him to comunicate with the soul in Hades.
8. Anticleia: Odysseus´s mother; He met with her on his trip to the Hades and told him how his wife and son were.
9. Alcinous: King of Phaecia; Offers Odysseus his hospitality and provides him safe passage back to Ithaca.

Answer 2

1. Polyphemus: Cyclops
2. lotus-eaters: friendly drug addicts
3. Cicones: enemies who killed six men from each of Odysseus's ships
4. Scylla: sea monster with six dog heads
5. Elpenor: companion of Odysseus who died at Circe's house
6. Laodamas: Phaeacian prince
7. Tiresias: dead seer who tells Odysseus's future
8. Anticleia: Odysseus's mother
9. Alcinous: King of Phaecia