Illiad & The Odyssey Flashcards by Fiona Muyo | Brainscape

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Wife of Odysseus

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Penelope

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Forced to take the 10 year journey

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Odysseus

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Son of Odysseus

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Telemachus

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Honey sweet fruit. Makes men forget home.

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The Lotus Eaters

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Goddess of turning men to animals

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Circe

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Beautiful music causes shipwreck

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The sirens

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Goddess Queen. Holds Odysseus captive.

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Calypso

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Older teacher to Telemachus

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Mentor

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Supreme God of the Earth and Sky

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Zeus

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Goddess of Beauty

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Aphrodite

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God of the Sun. Music represents order.

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Apollo

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Messenger God

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Hermes

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One-eyed lawless creature

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Polyphenusus

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Greek #1 warrior.

Weakness: Heel > Anger

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Achilles

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Goddess of the hunt.

Twin sister of Apollo

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Artemis

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Beautiful Greek princess

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Helen

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God of the Sea

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Poseidon

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Used to trick the Trojans and win the war.

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The Wooden Horse

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Goddess of Wisdom

Worshipped at the Parthenon

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Athena

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God of Death
(underworld)
Pet dog - Cerberus

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Hades

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Trojan prince who kidnapped Helen. Kills Achilles

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Paris

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King of Troy.

Had 50 sons

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Priam

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Wife & sister of Zeus.

Goddess of Marriage

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Hera

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God of War
2 sons:
-Phobos
-Demos

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Ares

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Greek General of Helen

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Agamemnon

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Wife of Agamemnon

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Clytemnestra

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Troy’s #1 warrior.

Killed Achilles

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Hector

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Spartan husband of Helen

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Menelaus

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God of Wine.

Wide side of life.

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Dionysus

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God of fine.
Married to Aphrodite
Disabled

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Haphaestus

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Warns Priam; Poseidon kills them.

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Laocoon the soothsayer

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Aphrodite’s son - Eros (Arrows)

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Sexual Desire (Origin)

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Pandorra

Do not open Pandorra’s box

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Evil (Origin)

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The Titan Prometheus

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Fire (Origin)

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Greek mortal Arachne-wins weaving contest against Athena

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Arachnids (Natural Phenomenon)

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Persephone - Stolen by Haydee

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Demetere Daughters (Natural Phenomenon)

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Narcissus rejects her

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Echo (Natural Phenomenon)

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Aesop’s - Tortoise & The Hare

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Persistent (Ethical lessons)

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Story of Narcissus

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Vanity (Ethical Lessons)

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The Midas Touch

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Greed (Ethical Lessons)