Aeolus (EE-oh-lus)
Agamemnon (ag-ah-MEM-non)
Alcinous (al-SIN-oh-us)
Antinous (an-TIN-oh-us)
Argus (AR-guss)
Asteris (ahss-TER-iss)
Calypso (cah-LIP-soh)
Charybdis (kah-RIB-dis)
Circe (SIR-see)
Crete (KREET)
Cyclops (SY-klops)
Euryclea (yoor-ih-KLAY-ah)
Ino (EYE-noh)
Ithaca (ITH-ah-kah)
Laertes (LAY-er-teez)
Medon (MEE-don)
Menelaus (men-eh-LAY-us)
Mentor (MEN-tor)
Minos (MEE-nohss)
Nausicaa (now-SIK-eye-ah)
Nestor (NES-tor)
Odysseus (oh-DIS-yoos)
Penelope (pen-EL-oh-pee)
Polyphemus (pah-li-FEE-mus)
Pylos (PY-lohs)
Samos (SAH-moss)
Scheria (SKER-ee-ah)
Scylla (SIL-ah)
Sparta (SPAR-tah)
Taphos (TA-fohss)
Telemachus (Tel-EM-ah-kus)
Trojans (TROH-junz)
A NOTE ON THE SOURCES
The story of the Odyssey was originally written down in the ancient Greek language. Since that time there have been countless translations of Homer’s story into other languages. I consulted a number of English translations, including those written by Alexander Pope, Samuel Butler, Andrew Lang, W.H.D. Rouse, Edith Hamilton, Robert Fitzgerald, Allen Mandelbaum, Robert Fagles, and E.V.Rieu.
Homer’s Odyssey is divided into twenty-four books. Book Four, The Gray-Eyed Goddess, was derived from books one through five, and part of book fifteen, of Homer’s Odyssey. Book Five, Return to Ithaca, was derived from books 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16 (with brief references to the events that take place in books 9–12). The sixth volume, The Final Battle, was derived from books 16 through 24 (with brief references to the events that took place in books 9–12).
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MARY POPE OSBORNE is the author of the best-selling Magic Tree House series. She has also written many acclaimed historical novels and retellings of myths and folktales, including Kate and the Beanstalk and New York’s Bravest. She lives with her husband in New York City and Connecticut.
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