The Adventures of Ulysses: Chapter Chart Information

The Adventures of Ulysses: 

Chapter Chart Information

Ch. 1: "Ships and Men"

Quote: "Bad luck makes good stories." pg.3

-naiad = sea nymph

-piratical = pirate like

-suitor = wannabe boyfriend

-50 men ea. ship

-3 ships

-prow= tip of the bow

Ch. 2: "The Ciconians"

Quote: "I advised you badly, O Chief. We have angered the gods." p. 7

-Maronea = first stop

-Eurylochus = U.'s assistant

-18 mean dead/132 left

-scything = slicing

-appease = to calm someone down

-Hellenes = Greeks

Chapter 3: "The Lotus Eater"

Quote: "This man is a hero. Terrible are his needs, sudden are his needs, and his dreams must be his own." p. 13 

-Libya

-morph = shape

-hypno=sleep

-Morpheus = god of dreams

-Hypnos = god of sleep

-Persephone = Morpheus's aunt

-secret pocket

-hospitality = kindness toward guests

Ch. 4: "The Cyclops' Cave"

Quote: "The gods honor courage but punish pride." p. 26

--Sicily? Crete?

--mutiny = crew rebels against captain

--undiluted = pure; no water added

--"snoring like a powersaw"

--converging = moving together towards a single point

--hubris = Greek crime of having too much pride

--Polyphemus = cyclops; Poseidon's son

--Poseideon = Poly's dad

--13 men go to shore

--2/1/7 gone

--122 men left?

Ch. 5: "Keeper of the Winds"

Quote: " 'For those who know how to listen, I have a tale to tell.' " p. 30

--Penelope = U's wife

--Telemachus = U's son

--Aeolia

--Aeolus = god of the winds

--the island fortress

--12 kids

--9 days/9 nights (U. slept)

--untrusting crew members

--personification of the wind

Ch. 6: "Cannibal Beach"

"But it was not trunk. He had been climbing no tree." p. 44

--6 days

--Island of the Racing Sun

--foliage

--one boat/one crew left

Ch. 7: "Circe"

"For the sweetest spell Circe weaves is one of hospitality." p. 54

--45 men left

--marrow = inner bone material

--23 men go to castle (Eurylochus + 22)

--Hermes = messenger god

--moly = white flower: protects against spells

--Tartarus = the worst part of Hades

--The Fates = Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos

Ch. 8: "Land of the Dead"

"You must keep to the middle way." p. 79

--Hades (The Underworld)

--Elpenor = crew member

--the gull

--River Styx

--Anticleia = Ulysses's mom

--Achilles = Gk. hero of Trojan War (know Achilles' heel story)

--Ajax = Gk. hero of Trojan War; went mad w/resentment because Ulysses was awarded Achilles' golden armor, not him

--Penelope = U's wife

--Tieresias = shape-shifter; he is very wise and Ulysses has been directed to him for advice