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The Odyssey, Cicily - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Is a shepherding cyclops that is very nasty. He locks Odysseus and his men in his cave and eats them two by two. He is blinded and tricked by Odysseus.
  - - - Zeus is giving Odysseus a lot of trouble by blowing wind at his boat.
    - - Answers his sons prayer and blows a storm onto Odysseus.
  - - - Are humans that are under the spell of a magical lotus fruit. Some of Odysseus' men try the fruit and never want to leave. They forget about the destination.
- - - - Turns Odysseus' men into pigs. She is shocked when Odysseus is not bewitched by her spell. Tells Odysseus to go to the underworld and get advise from the spirit of the prophet Tiresias.
    - - Are giants. They pelt Odysseus' boats with boulders and eat some of his men.
  - - - Agrees to help Odysseus return home but when Odysseus' men misuse the gifts he is angered and sends Odysseus away.
  - - - Eurylochus' men are invited into Circe's palace and are turned into pigs. Eurymachus suspects trickery and stays behind. When he sees what happens to the men he runs back to tell Odysseus
    - - Jumps from the attic and dies.
  - - - Helps Odysseus by giving him a magic plant on Circe's Island.
- - - - Arrives on the shores of Pylos. He is a young man who feels awkward making speeches to elders. He states his case at dinner, and asks about his father.
  - - - Disguised as Mentor reassures Telemachus and advises that he not be shy. Thanks King Nestor, and assures him he must not host all of the men. She then reveals herself as a goddess and flies away.
  - - - Is the ruler of Pylos. Tells Telemachus how they suffered during the Trojan war. Says that he and Odysseus always agreed, and that he is sympathetic for the situation with the suitors but since Athena favors Odysseus so much he presumes that Odysseus is still alive. Offers Odysseus to sleep in his palace that night. Sends him off with his son Pisistratus.
- - - - Asks Menelaus if he has news of his father. Leaves, and comes up with a clever solution for what gift he shall receive.
    - - Meanwhile back in Ithaka the suitors plot to kill Telemachus when he arrives home.
    - - Over hears the suitors and tells Penelope and the other women of the voyage and what she overheard.
    - - Is distraught when she hears her son has sailed away and sobs. Eurycleia soothes her.
  - - - Sends a dream of a phantom to Penelope.
  - - - Is the king of Sparta. Welcomes Telemachus and Pisistratus into his home. He tells them that after the Trojan war the men he misses the most are his brother, Agamemnon, and Odysseus. He feels for poor Telemachus who was just an infant when his father left. This makes Telemachus cry. Tells Telemachus a very long story about a sea god who they captured and made help him and his men get off an island and tell them about Odysseus. He gives the news that Odysseus is still alive.
    - - Is Menelaus' wife. Notices a resemblance to Odysseus in Telemachus. She also gives everyone a magical drug.
    - - Is Nestors' sixth son. Accompanies Telemachus to Sparta.
- - - - Is the princess of Phaeacia. Does her laundry in the river and then plays ball with the girls. She tells Odysseus exactly what to do to please her father and the village.
    - - Is the king of Phaeacia.
    - - Accompany Nausicaa to the river and play ball with her. They walk behind the mules with Odysseus.
  - - - Comes to Nausicaa in her sleep and tells her to do her laundry. she does this so that Odysseus will have a guide on this island.
- - - - Provides Odysseus with food and comfort and agrees to help him go home the next morning.
    - - Are very gifted ship crafters and weavers.
    - - Is the queen of Phaeacia. Notices that Odysseus' clothes were sewn by herelf and inquires about it.
- - - - Calls a feast to honor the visitor. When he sees that Odysseus is upset by the bards song, he suggests that they all go and play sports to show their guest how athletic the Phaeacians are. Later, he once again sees Odysseus weeping over the bards songs of Troy and asks him who he is.
    - - Is a bard favored by Muse. He begins the feast by singing of Odysseus and Achilles arguments, but stops when Alcinous tells him to stop. After the sports he sings about an affair between Aphrodite and Ares, and a trap set to catch them. This song Odysseus enjoys. For his final song of the night Demodocus sings about the Trojan horse. This song brings Odysseus to tears.
    - - Is Alcinous' youngest son. When they play the games he invites Odysseus to join.
    - - Taunts Odysseus,saying he is not one to participate in sports.
  - - - Pours charm over Odysseus so he will appear godlike to the Phaeacian council. When Odysseus throws the discus far she congratulates him in disguise.
- - - - Tries to stop the bard from singing about Odysseus but is reprimanded by Telemachus.
    - - Meets Athena dressed as a beggar and invites her inside. Asks her if she knows his father and whether he is alive or not. Tells her he suspects Odysseus is dead, and that maybe he should let one of the suitors marry Penelope, his mother. Agrees to the idea of traveling around and asking for information about his father.
    - - The suitors are rude men living in Odysseus' home, eating all the food, and trying to court Penelope.
    - - We meet her and find out she is a slave.
  - - - Begins by talking about Agamemnon and Aegisthus. Says that they should come up with a plan to bring Odysseus home and says he likes Odysseus.
    - - Comes up with a plan to bring Odysseus home. She dresses up as Mentes and advises that Telemachus travel through Greece and try to find out if his father is alive. If so, he will put up with the suitors one more year, if not, he will allow his mother to remarry.
- - - - Calls a council meeting and tells them of the terrible suitors. He eventually convinces them to let him take a ship and twenty men to Sparta and Pylos to find news about his father.
    - - Tells Odysseus he is a pitiful whiny child, and that his mother must marry one of them because his father is dead.
    - - Is an elder who, after Zeus sends his eagles, predicts that Odysseus will return home on his twentieth year away. Since he is an old friend of Odysseus he is chosen alongside Mentor to guide Telemachus on his journey
    - - Tells Halitherses that he is wrong and the birds are a sign that Odysseus will never return home.
    - - Is an old friend of Odysseus and stands up for Telemachus. He is chosen to help guide Telemachus on his journey.
    - - When she hears about Telemachus' journey she cries and begs him not to go, for surely something will go wrong
  - - - Disguises herself as Telemachus and goes to town to gather men and the finest ship, while the real Odysseus goes back to the palace.
    - - Sends down two eagles to the council meeting.
- - - - Hold a council and asks that gods please help Odysseus. She also helps Odysseus survive when he is shipwrecked and lost.
    - - Convinces Calypso to let Odysseus go.
    - - Sends Hermes to Calypso's island to tell her to release Odysseus.
    - - Is the white goddess. Lends him a scarf that will make him immortal and tells him how to reach Phaeacia.