The Odyssey Flashcards by Jason Parkes | Brainscape

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Penelope

A

wife of odysseus
mother of telemachus
hit on by the suitors
mortal

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Zeus

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immortal
lives in olympus
god

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Athena

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daughter of Zeus

- goddess of wisdom

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Poseidon

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brother of Zeus

- god of the sea

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Telemachus

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-son of Odysseus

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Odysseus

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protagonist in the Odyssey

son of Telemachus

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Nestor

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comrade of Odysseus

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Menelaus

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Helen’s husband

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Agamemnon

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Menelaus’ brother

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Aphrodite

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Goddess of love

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Hephaestus

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God of craftsmanship

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Ares

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God of war

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Hermes

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messenger of the gods

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Suitors

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lived in Telemachus’ house

hit on Telemachus’ mom

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Priam

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king of Troy

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Paris

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prince of Troy

stole Helen from Menelaus