The Odyssey Flashcards
Names places and events in the odyssey
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Aegisthus
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- Murdered Agamemnon
- Killed by Agamemnon’s son, Orestes
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Agamemnon
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- Menelaus’ Brother
- Murdered by his wife and her lover, Aegisthus, when he came back from Trojan war
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Aphrodite
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- The goddess of love and beauty
- Had love affair with Ares on her husband, Hephaetus
4
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Athena
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- goddess of wisdom and and war
- helps Telemachus and Odysseus
- Daughter of Zeus
- Nickname: pallas
5
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Helen
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- Menelaus’ wife
- Queen of Sparta
- Captured by Paris
6
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Hermes
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-Messenger of the gods
7
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Judgement of Paris
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- contest between Athena, Aphrodite and Hera for an apple to the most beautiful
- Paris picked Aphrodite in exchange for love and she gave him Helen
- Captured Helen which started Trojan War.
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Menelaus
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- Helen’s husband
- King of Sparta
- Agamemnon’s brother
- Gave Telemachus advice to find Odysseus
- Helped lead the greeks to Trojan War
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Mentor
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- Helps Telemachus while Odysseus is gone
10
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Nestor
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- King of Pylos
- Former warrior in the Trojan War.
11
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Odysseus
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- Telemachus’ father
- Ruled Ithaca
- Penelope’s Husband
- Didn’t come home from Trojan War
12
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Orestes
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- Son of Agamemnon
- Killed Aegisthus as revenge for father’s death
13
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Penelope
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- Odysseus’ wife
- Telemachus’ mother
- Suitors are coming to her house to try to marry her
- Told the suitors they can marry her when she is done sewing a cloth but unravels the cloth every night
14
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Poseidon
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- God of the sea
- Doesn’t want Odysseus to go home
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Suitors
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- The men that keep coming to Odysseus’ house to try to marry Penelope
