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Characters from Odyssey Flashcards

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Achilles

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son of Peleus and Thetis, Greek hero at Troy, who killed Hector and was himself killed by Paris

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Aeolus

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father of Cretheus, king of the Winds

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Agamemnon

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son of Atreus, brother of Menelaus, married to Clytaemnestra, father of Orestes, King of Argos, leader of the Greek expedition against Troy, quarrelled with Achilles in the Iliad; murdered by Aegisthus, recounts Achilles’ funeral to him in Hades

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Ajax (1)

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son of Telamon, great Greek fighter at Troy.He competed with the Greek hero Odysseus for the armour of Achilles but lost, which so enraged him that it caused his death

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Alcinous

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King of Phaeacia,husband of Arete, father of Nausicaa and Clytoneus

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Amphimedon

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a suitor, his ghost tells Agamemnon of the suitor’s death in Hades

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Amphinomus

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a suitor, killed by Telemachus , liked by Penelope

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Anticleia

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wife of Laertes, mother of Odysseus,

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Antinous

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“Anti-mind”; son of Eupeithes, a leading suitor, accused of being the harshest suitor

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Antiphates

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giant king of the LAestrygonians

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Aphrodite

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daughter of Zeus, wife of Hephaestus, goddess of sexual attraction

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Apollo

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god of the bow, the lyre, feasting, sickness and health, son of Zeus and LEto, his “gentle”Arrows bring a kindly death to men

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Ares

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son of Zeus and Hera, god of war

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Arete

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wife of Alcinous, king of Phaeacia, mother of Nausicaa

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Argus

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Odysseus’ old hunting dog

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Athene

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goddess of female arts, intelligence and war, daughter of Zeus, patroness of Odysseus and Ajax and the arms of Achilles , bestows strength on Telemachus, LAertes, PEnelope, etc

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Calypso

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“Concealer” , demi-goddess, lives on Ogygia

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Cicones

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Thracians, living at Ismarus ,raided by Odysseus

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Circe

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animal-taming witch, daughter of the Sun-god, lives on Aeaea, detains Odysseus

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Clytaemnestra

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wife of Agamemnon, mother of Orestes, disgrace of womankind

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Clytoneus

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son of Alcinous

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Demodocus

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blind Phaeacian bard

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Dymas’ daughter

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a friend to the princess Nausicaa

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Elpenor

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companion of Odysseus, killed by falling off the roof

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Eumaeus

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Odysseus’ swineherd, care for Odysseus’ property,

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Euryalus

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a Phaeacian who insulted Odysseus

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Eurycleia

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Odysseus’ and Telemachus’ nurse, bars door of palace, bought by Laertes

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Eurydamas -

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a suitor

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Eurylochus

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a companion of Odysseus,opposes Odysseus, refuses to return to Circe’s house, (the rebel)

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Eurymachus -

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“wide fighter”, a leading suitor, abuses Halitherses, assures Penelope he loves Telemachus

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Eurynome

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housekeeper of Penelope

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Halius

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son of Alcinous

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Hephaestus

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son of Zeus and Hera, blacksmith god, Aphrodite’s husband,

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Hera

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wife of Zeus, queen of the gods

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Hermes

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son of Zeus and Maia, messenger-god, god of herdsmen, guide of souls to Hades

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Ino

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sea-goddess, daughter of Cadmus, saves Odysseus at sea

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Irus

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a beggar in Ithaca, thrashed by Odysseus

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Laertes-

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father of Odysseus, ancient shield

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Laestrygones

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giant cannibals

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Leodes

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a suitor

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Medon

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sympathetic attendant of Penelope

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Melanthius

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treacherous goatherd, son of Dolius

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Melantho-

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treacherous maidservant of Penelope, daughter of Dolius

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Mentes

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King of the Taphians, olf friend of Odysseus’ family, Athene’ disguise

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Mentor

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close friend of Odysseus’ in Ithaca, supports Telemachus in assembly

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Nausicaa

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daughter of Phaeacian King Alcinous and Arete; admires Odysseus

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Odysseus

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son of Laertes and Anticleia, husband of Penelope, father of Telemachus,lord of Ithaca

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Orestes

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son of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, who took revenge on his mother and her lover

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Penelope

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daughter of Icarius, who was brother of Leda (Penelope is the cousin of Clytaemnestra and Helen of Troy ) wife of Odysseus, beauty and intelligence

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Phemius

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a bard forced to serve the suitors’ in Odysseus’ palace

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Philoetius

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finest archer at Troy

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Polyphemus

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giant, one-eyes Cyclop, son of Poseidon,cannibal

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Poseidon

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son of Cronos, brother of Zeus, god on natural forces, especially the sea

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Scylla

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six-headed monster opposite Charybdis

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