Odyssey Flashcards

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King of Ithaca

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Odysseus

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King of Phaeacians, to whom Odysseus tells his story

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Alcinous

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Sea goddess who loved Odysseus

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Calypso

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Enchantress who helped Odysseus

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Circe

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King of the gods

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Zeus

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God if music, poetry, prophecy, and medicine

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Apollo

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King and leader of Greek forces

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Agamemnon

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God of sea, earthquakes, horses, and storms at sea

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Poseidon

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Goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare

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Athena

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The Cyclops who imprisoned Odysseus

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Polyphemus

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Odysseus’ father

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Laertes

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Titan ruler of the universe; father of Zeus

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Cronus

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Member of Odysseus’ crew

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Perimedes

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Another member of the crew

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Eurylochus

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Blind prophet who advised Odysseus

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Tiresias

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Wife of Hades

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Persephone

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Odysseus and Penelope’s son

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Telemachus

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Creatures whose songs lure sailors to their deaths

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Sirens

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Sea monster of gray rock

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Scylla

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Enormous and dangerous whirlpool

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Charybdis

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Nymph

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Lampetia

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Herald and messenger of the gods

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Hermes

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Old swineherd and friend of Odysseus

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Eumaeus

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Leader of the suitors

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Antinous

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Housekeeper of Penelope

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Eurynome

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Odysseus’ wife

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Penelope

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Suitor

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Eurymachus

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Suitor

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Amphinomus

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One of Odysseus’ men from the land of the dead, didn’t get a proper burial

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Elphanor

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Odysseus’ mom from the land of the dead, he didn’t know she was dead

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Anticlea