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Odyssey glossary Flashcards

1
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Laestrygonian king/chief

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Antiphates

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Wind God, lives in floating island of Aeolia

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Aeolus

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Goddess of wisdom who helps out Odysseus and Telemachus

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Athene

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4
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King of Mycenae

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Agamememnon

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5
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First suitor, most arrogant, antagonist

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Antinous

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Queen of Phaecia

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Arete

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Lesser goddess/nymph who lives with Odysseus for 7 years

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Calypso

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Lives on the island of Aeaea and has the power to turn people into animals

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Circe

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Sea monster who swallows huge amounts of water several times a day, creating whirlpools

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Charibdis

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Phaeacian bard who is blind but has great talent

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Demodocus

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Nursemaid of Odysseus’ house who was bought by Laertes and is treated with a lot of respect. Loyal.

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Eurycleia

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12
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Second suitor - sneakiness, deciet

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Eurymachus

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13
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Daughter of Proteus, Old man of the sea

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Eidothee

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14
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Married to Menelaus and started the Trojan War

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Helen

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Sun God whose cattle is taken by Odysseus’ crew

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Hyperion

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16
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Odysseus’ father

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Laertes

17
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Nausicaa’s brother

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Laodamas

18
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Race of powerful, cannibal giants

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Laestygonians

19
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Telemachus and Peisistratus meet in book 4; husband of Helen

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Menelaus

20
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King of Pylos

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Nestor

21
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Princess of Phaeacians/Scherie

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Nausicaa

22
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Calypso’s island

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Ogygia

23
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Odysseus’ wife; Telemachus’ mother

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Penelope

24
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Bard in Ithaca

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Phemius

25
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Nestor’s son and Telemachus good friend

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Peisistratus

26
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The Old man of the sea

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Proteus

27
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Cyclops in Cicones, blinded by Odysseus & Poseidon’s son

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Polyphemus

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Dangerous yet beautiful creatures, who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island.

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Sirens

29
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Dreadful creature with 6 heads and 12 feet

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Scylla

30
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Blind Theban prophet

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Tiresias

31
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Odysseus’ mother who he meets in the Hall of Hades

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Anticleia

32
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King of Phaeacia/Scherie

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Alcinious

33
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Odysseus’ second in command

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Eurylochus

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