the odyssey Flashcards

1
Q
  • Cyclops blinded by Odysseus
  • Gets Poseidon (father) to curse Odysseus
  • LAWLESS BRUTE
A

Polyphemus

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2
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  • King of Phaecians
  • Gives Odysseus treasure and a passage to Ithaca
A

Alcinous

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3
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  • Alcinous’s daughter
  • Find’s Odysseus washed up on shore after leaving Calypso (naked)
  • WHITE ARMED
A

Nausicaa

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4
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  • Suitor of Penelope
  • Arrogant main suitor
  • Wants Telemachus dead
A

Antinous

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5
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  • Blind prophet in the Underworld
  • Shows Odysseus how to get back to Ithaca
  • Lets Odysseus communicate with dead people
A

Tiresias

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6
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  • WEAVING UNRAVELER
A

Penelope

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7
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  • Odysseus’s nurse
  • Hides Telemachus’s journey to Pylos from everyone
A

Eurycleia

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8
Q
  • Mother of Odysseus
  • Dies of a broken heart from missing Odysseus
A

Anticleia

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9
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  • Ruled by Alcinous
  • First group of people Odysseus meets after Calypso
A

Phaecians

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10
Q
  • Sea nymph
  • Gives Odysseus advice to swim
  • Gives him her veil to keep him afloat
A

Ino

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11
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  • Phaecian poet
  • Makes Odysseus cry from his poems
A

Demodocus

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12
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  • Bard at the palace in Ithaca
A

Phemius

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13
Q
  • Killed his mom Clytemnestra for killing his dad Agamemnon
A
  • Prince Orestes
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14
Q
  • King Agamemnon’s wife
  • Kills him to be with her lover
  • Killed by her son Orestes
A

Clytemnestra

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15
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  • People of Ismarus
  • Get looted by Odysseus and his men
  • End up killing some of Odysseus’s men because of their greed
A

Cicones

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16
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  • Whirlpool near Syclla that Odysseus encounters (PRE CALYPSO)
A

Charybdis

17
Q
  • Young athlete that insults Odysseus and then loses to him
A

Broadsea

18
Q
  • King Alcinous’s wife
  • Nausicaa’s mother
A

Queen Arete

19
Q
  • Foil character to Odysseus
  • Suggests that the men eat Helios’s cattle
A

Eurylochus

20
Q

Fate/Destiny

A

Moira

21
Q

Home, community, family

A

Oikos

22
Q

Longing for home; nostalgia

A

Nostos

23
Q

Material honor

A

Time

24
Q

Balance/moderation

A

Sophrosyne

25
Q

Very strong winds

A

Gales

26
Q

Warning

A

Portent

27
Q

Lithe

A

Thin

28
Q

Energetic/cheerful/rowdy

A

Boisterous

29
Q

Rapt

A

Mesmerized by something