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Characters and places Flashcards

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Ithaka

A

Where Odysseus lives

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Mentor

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Athena goes disguised as him second

Family friend

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Cicones

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Trojan allies living in Thrace to the north of Troy

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Lotus Eaters

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A group of people who eat lotus flowers to give up their need to go home and remember who they are

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Polyphemus

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The cyclops that Odyssues blinds

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5
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Nobody

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Name that Odysseus gives

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6
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Aliknoos

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King of the phakians

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Zeus

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Supreme god

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King. Laertes

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Father of Odysseus

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Telemos

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Wizard that foretold that someone would pierce Polyphemus’ eye

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Kikones

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They invaded here after they went to Troy

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Aeolus

A

Master of winds

Gives Odysseus the bag of winds

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12
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Laestrygonians

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Clan of cannibals

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13
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Antiphates

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King of Laestrygonians

Father or Oikles

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14
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Aiaia

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Kirke’s island

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15
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Kirke

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Changes men into animals

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16
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Eurylokhos

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Odysseus’ second in command

Leads exploration of Kirke’s land

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17
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Hermes

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The messenger god

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18
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Tiresias

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Blind prophet who is a shade in the underworld

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19
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Acheron

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River in the underworld

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Elpenor

A

Companion of Odysseus

He was drunk and died falling off a roof

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Antikleia

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Odysseus’ mother

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Helios

A

The sun

23
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Agamemnon

A

Former king of Mykenae
Son of Atrues
Killed by his wife
Brother o Menelaos

24
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Akillius

A

Father of Peleus

25
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Persephone

A

Queen of the underworld

26
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Arête

A

Queen of phakians

27
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Albinoos

A

King of phakians

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Orestes

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Son of Agamemnon

29
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Tantalus

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Cursed to be dying of hunger and thirst, but cannot eat or drink

30
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Sisyphus

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Cursed to push a boulder up a hill for eternity

31
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Heracles

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Son of Zeus

32
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Elpinor

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Man who died and Odysseus buried him

33
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Seirenes

A

Sea nymphs who will sing to tempt men to death

34
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Skylla

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A drifter with six heads who eats men

35
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Kharybdis

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Lives at the bottom of the whirlpool

36
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Eurylokhos

A

Odysseus’a man who says that they should kill the cow

37
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Kalypso

A

Nymph who keeps Odysseus

38
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Ogygia Isle

A

Where Kaylpso lives

39
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Eumaios

A

Swine herder in Ithaka

40
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Telemkhos

A

Son of Odysseus

41
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Theoklymenos

A

A prophet on the run

42
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Amphionomos

A

Suitor who is concerned about killing the prince

43
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Eurymakhos

A

Son of polybus

Lies to Penelope about the plot against Telemakhos

44
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Argos

A

Odysseus’ dog

45
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Eurykleia

A

Wet nurse

46
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Peiraios

A

Cared for a guest of Telemakhos, theoklymemos

47
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Mentor, antiphos, halitherses

A

Friends of Odysseus

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Nestor

A

King of Pylos

49
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Melanthios

A

Goatherd

50
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Antinoos

A

Worst of suitors

51
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Phemios

A

Harp player

52
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Iros

A

A real beggar who challenges Odysseus to fight

53
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Amphinomos

A

The better of the suitors

Odyssey Characters (1 decks)

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