AeaeaAeaea is the home of Circe, the with goddess who kept Odysseus in her island for a year after the Trojan War.
ciconesThe Cicones was a tribe whose stronghold in the time of Odysseus was Ismara. They are mentioned to join the war on the side of the Trojans.
eurylochusOne of Oddysseus' loyal crew.
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AlcinousHe was also the King of the Phaeacians. According to Homer, Alcinous is the happy ruler of the Phaiacians in the island of Scheria, who has by Arete five sons and one daughter, Nausicaa.
circeWitch goddess who turns Odysseus' men into farm animals.
lotus eatersPeople who feed Odysseus' men with lotus plants to make them forget Ithaca.
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charybdis Three times a day, Charybdis swallowed a huge amount of water, before belching it back out again, creating large whirlpools capable of dragging a ship underwater. In some variations of the story, Charybdis was simply a large whirlpool instead of a sea monster.
cyclopsThe Cyclops blinded by Odysseus, the son of the sea god Poseidon. Cyclopes are a race of brutish one-eyed giants who live solitary lives as shepherds.
phaeaciaIsland kingdom ruled by King Alcinous. The Phaeacians are shipbuilders and traders.
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CalypsoCalypso is remembered most for her role in Homer's Odyssey, in which she keeps the fabled Greek hero Odysseus on her island to make him her immortal husband. According to Homer, Calypso kept Odysseus prisoner at Ogygia for seven years, while Pseudo-Apollodorus says five years and Hyginus says one.
erebusDark area of the underworld where the dead reside.
scyllaFemale monster with six serpent heads, each head having a triple row of fangs (thought to be a dangerous rock in the Strait of Messina).
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