Books I-II Flashcards
1
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king of the Cyclopes; son of Poseidon and Thoosa; blinded to Odysseus
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Polyphemus
2
Q
daughter of Atlas; nymph on the island of Ogygia
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Calypso
3
Q
“Tell me … of that ingenious hero …”
A
Homer to the Muse
4
Q
son of Polybus; a leading suitor and Ithacon
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Eurymachus
5
Q
son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; killed Aegisthus and his mother to avenge his father’s death
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Orestes
6
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son of Eupeithes; Ithacon leader of the suitors; suitor Penelope hates most
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Antinous
7
Q
the sun god; a Titan sometimes referred to as Helios
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Hyperion
8
Q
“If Odysseus is the man …”
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Athene disguised as Mentes to Telemachus
9
Q
father of Penelope; brother of Tyndareus; uncle of Helen and Clytemnestra
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Icarius
10
Q
“Sons are seldom …”
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Athene disguised as Mentor to Telemachus
