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Characters in the Odyssey Flashcards

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Eumaeus

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Swineherd loyal to Odysseus

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Philoetius

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Cow-herd loyal to Odysseus

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Amphinomus

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A suitor who questions the plan to kill Odysseus

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Leodes

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First suitor who tries to string Os bow

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Melantho

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A servant who abuses O

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Melanthius

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A servant who abuses O

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Theodymenus

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A prophet fleeing from Argos

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Peiraeus

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A loyal friend of Telemachus

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Arnaeus

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Another beggar in the palace who fights Odysseus

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Iphitus

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Gave the bow to O as a gift

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Laertes

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father of Odysseys

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King Aeolus

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gives O bag of winds in Aeloia

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Agamemnon

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former king of Mycenae, commander of Greek forces in T war. Murdered by his wife, O encounters him in underworld

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Menelaus

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King of Sparta, offers Telemachus assistance in finding Odysseus

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Athene

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goddess who keeps an eye out for Odysseys

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Penelope

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loyal wife of O

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Telemachus

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son of O

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Antinous

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most arrogant, wants Telemachus killed. First to die

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Eurymachus

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manipulative and deceitful, charm allows some power over other suitors

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Amphinomus

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decent. Questions plans to kill O and T

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Leodes

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first suitor that tries bow

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Eurycleia

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png term maid of O

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Polyphemus

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cyclops

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Demodocus

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royal bard of Scherie

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Euryalus

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son of Alcinous who challenges Odysseus in Scherie at the Games

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Tiresias

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prophet from underworld

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Helen

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wife of Menelaus- queen of Sparta

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Arete

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powerful wife of Alcinous

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Nausicaa

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daughter of Alcinous

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Calypso

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immortal who keeps Odysseus hostage for 7 years

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Circe

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immortal who turns Os men into pig but then hosts them for a year

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Poseidon

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enemy of O, seeks revenge

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Zeus

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king of the gods

34
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Agamemnon

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former king of Mycenae, commander of Greek forces in Trojan warm killed by his wife

35
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Menelaus

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king of sparta

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