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Characters Flashcards

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Ares

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God of war

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Orestes

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Son of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, kills Aegisthus

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Hephaestus

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Blacksmith god - Achilles shield

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Lotus eaters

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Visited by Ody, on land of lotus fruit that make men’s desire for nostos disappear

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Argos

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Odysseus’ old hunting dog

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Mentes

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Old friend of Ody, Athena disguised herself as him when meeting Telemachus

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Calypso

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Semi-goddess, daughter of Atlas, imprisons Odysseus for 7 years

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Laertes

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Father of Ody

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Alcinous

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King of Phaeacia

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Amphinomus

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Humane suitor

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Anticleia

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Mother of Odysseus, wife of Laertes

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Eurylochus

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Companion of Odysseus’ who causes trouble (at Scheria and land of sun-god)

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Dawn

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Goddess of morning

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Eurymachus

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A leading suitor, wealthiest, having an affair with maid Melantho

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Nausicaa

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Daughter of Phaeacian king Alcinous

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Heracles

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Hero of the 12 labours

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Amphimedon

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Suitor, ghost tells Agamemnon of suitors death in Hades

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Nausithous

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Father of Alcinous

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Medon

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Herald of Penelope who reveals Suitors plans

20
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Icarius

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Father of Penelope

21
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Aegisthus

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Murderer of Agamemnon, husband of Clytaemnestra

22
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Elpenor

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Companion of Ody, killed by falling off roof, asks Ody to perform burial rites when they meet in Hades

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Melanthius

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Treacherous goatherd, string up by swineherds

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Aeolus

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King of winds

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Circe

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Goddess, holds Odysseus and sends him to Hades

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Nestor

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King of Pylos

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Hermes

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Messenger god

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Pesistratus

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Son of Nestor, accompanies Telemachus

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Antinous

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A leading suitor, accused of being the harshest

30
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Helios

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Sun god on island of Thrinacie

31
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Demodocus

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Blind phaeacian bard

32
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Achilles

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Greek hero at Troy

33
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Eurycleia

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Ody’ and Tele’ nurse

34
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Ctesippus

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Suitor who hurled hoof at Odysseus

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Clytaemnestra

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Wife of Agamemon, mother of Orestes

36
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Melantho

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Treacherous maid of Penelope’s, having an affair with Eurymachus

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Irus

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Beggar in Ithaca

38
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Helen

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Wife of Menelaus

39
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Leucothoe (Ino)

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Sea goddess who saves Ody from drowning

40
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Charybdis

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Monstrous whirlpool

41
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Eumaeus

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Swineherd loyal to Ody

42
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Aphrodite

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Goddess of sexual attraction

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