Characters Flashcards

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Achaeans (akhaians)

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People of the Achilles land

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2
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Antinous (Antinoos)

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Worst suitor of them all; also killed first; arrow through the throat

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3
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Eurymachus (eurymakhos)

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Another leading suitor

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4
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Circe (kirke)

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Turns people into swine; goddess of her island; warned Odysseus of what lies ahead of them

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5
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Aeaea (aiaia)

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Island home to kirke

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6
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Phaeacia (phaiaka)

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Island the princess was on

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7
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Calypso (kalypso)

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Nymph who holds Odysseus captive dormant years in hope he’ll marry her

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8
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Cicones (kikones)

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City

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9
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Lotus eaters

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Intoxicating fruit (Percy Jackson las vagas scene)

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10
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Cyclopes (kyklopes)

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1 eyed beast; sons of posideon; Odysseus defeated

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11
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Polyphemus (polythemos)

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Cyclopes that Odysseus defeated

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12
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Aeolus (aiolos)

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Gave Odysseus a bag of winds

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13
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Laestrygonians (laistrygonians)

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Giants

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14
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Eurylochus (eurylokhos)

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Second in command on Odysseuss ship

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15
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Tiresias (Teiresias)

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Inhabits underworld; helps Odysseus

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16
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Elpenor

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Survived Trojan war

17
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Achilles (alhilleus)

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Already dead by the time the oddessey begins

18
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Scylla (skylla)

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Ugly creature. Like BUTT ugly creature.

19
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Charybdis (kharybdis)

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Whirlpool

20
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Helios

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Sun God; had flocks of sheep

21
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Eurycleia (eurykleia)

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Nurse of Odysseus when he was little

22
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Laertes

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Father of Odysseus

23
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Eurynome

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Servant of Penelope

24
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Eumaeus (eumaios)

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Swine herd

25
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Philoitios

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Herdsman