The Odyssey Flashcards
Names.Places, Events in the Odyssey
Penelope
wife of Odysseus
mother of Telemachus
woman that the suitors are after
Aegisthus
killed Agamemnon w/ help from Agamemnon’s wife
Killed by Orestes
Agamemnon
Menelaus brother
Killed by Aegisthus and his wife Clytemnestra
Avenged by his son Orestes
Aphrodite
Goddess of beauty and love
Affair with Ares
Married to Hephaestus
Athena
Goddess of wisdom and war
Daughter of Zeus
Helps Telemachus and Odysseus
Helen
Menelaus wife
Was kidnapped by Paris to have as his wife
Most beautiful mortal woman
Hermes
Messenger of the gods
Son of Zeus
Helped Odysseus escape from Calypto
Judgement of Paris
contest between Athena, Aphrodite and Hera
Zeus and Hermes passed on the decision to Paris
Paris chose Aphrodite as the prettiest goddess
She said he could marry Helen
Menelaus
Husband of Helen
King of Sparta
Led Greeks to Trojan War in order to get wife Helen back from Paris
Younger brother of Agamemnon
Nestor
King of Pylos
Helps give Telemachus info about his father and his fate
Odysseus
Husband to Penelope
Father of Telemachus
Most cunning warrior
Helped fight in the Trojan War
Orestes
Son of Agamemnon
Killed Aegisthus
Poseidon
God of Water
Brother of Zeus and Hades
Angry with Odysseus and tried to kill him on his voyage home
Suitors
They all want to marry Penelope
Have been at Odysseus’ home since he has been gone at war
Telemachus
Son of Penelope and Odysseus
Travels with the help of Athena to find his father
