People in The Odyssey Flashcards
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Athena
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Greek goddess of wisdom, patron goddess of Odysseus
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Telemachus
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Odysseus’ son
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Teiresias
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Blind prophet
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Odysseus
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King of Ithaca
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Hector
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Prince of Troy, killed by Achilles
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Aeolus
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God of wind, gave bag of winds to Odysseus
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Laocoon
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Soothsayer who warned against Greeks bearing gifts - eaten by Poseidon’s serpent
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Scylla
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6 headed monster that haunted the Strait of Messina
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Polites
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One of Odysseus’ men, turned into a boar by Circe
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Paris
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Prince of Troy, marries Helen
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Calypso
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Goddess that kept Odysseus on her island for 2 years
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Penelope
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Odysseus’ wife and like, probably the most devoted waifu evahhhh
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Melanthe
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A maidservant in Odysseus’ palace, aka bitch
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Ithaca
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Greek island in the Ionian Sea
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Menelaus
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Brother of Agamemnon, husband to Helen
