Characters and places Flashcards

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Ithaka

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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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Nobody

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Name that Odysseus gives

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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

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Master of winds

Gives Odysseus the bag of winds

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Laestrygonians

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Clan of cannibals

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Antiphates

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King of Laestrygonians

Father or Oikles

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Aiaia

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Kirke’s island

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Kirke

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Changes men into animals

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Eurylokhos

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Odysseus’ second in command

Leads exploration of Kirke’s land

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Hermes

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The messenger god

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Tiresias

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Blind prophet who is a shade in the underworld

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Acheron

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River in the underworld

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Elpenor

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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

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Agamemnon

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

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Akillius
Father of Peleus
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Persephone
Queen of the underworld
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Arête
Queen of phakians
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Albinoos
King of phakians
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Orestes
Son of Agamemnon
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Tantalus
Cursed to be dying of hunger and thirst, but cannot eat or drink
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Sisyphus
Cursed to push a boulder up a hill for eternity
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Heracles
Son of Zeus
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Elpinor
Man who died and Odysseus buried him
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Seirenes
Sea nymphs who will sing to tempt men to death
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Skylla
A drifter with six heads who eats men
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Kharybdis
Lives at the bottom of the whirlpool
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Eurylokhos
Odysseus'a man who says that they should kill the cow
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Kalypso
Nymph who keeps Odysseus
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Ogygia Isle
Where Kaylpso lives
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Eumaios
Swine herder in Ithaka
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Telemkhos
Son of Odysseus
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Theoklymenos
A prophet on the run
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Amphionomos
Suitor who is concerned about killing the prince
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Eurymakhos
Son of polybus | Lies to Penelope about the plot against Telemakhos
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Argos
Odysseus' dog
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Eurykleia
Wet nurse
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Peiraios
Cared for a guest of Telemakhos, theoklymemos
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Mentor, antiphos, halitherses
Friends of Odysseus
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Nestor
King of Pylos
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Melanthios
Goatherd
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Antinoos
Worst of suitors
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Phemios
Harp player
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Iros
A real beggar who challenges Odysseus to fight
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Amphinomos
The better of the suitors