The Odyssey Flashcards
Names, Places, & Events
1
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Penelope
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- Wife of Odysseus
- Mother of Telemachus
- Hit on by multiple suitors
- Clever
2
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Aegisthus
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-killed Agamemnon
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3
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Agamemnon
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- killed by his wife and Aegisthus
- brother to Menelaus
- father to Orestes
4
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Aphrodite
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- goddess of beauty & love
- basically caused Trojan war
5
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Helen
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- taken by paris
- wife to Menelaus
6
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Hermes
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- immortal
- Giant slayer
- messenger
7
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Judgment of Paris
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- starts at wedding
- goddess of discord not invited
- goddess throws magical apple into party for the most beautiful girl
- 3 goddesses see it and argue over who’s the most beautiful
- Hera, Athena, Aphrodite
- Paris= prince of troy
- paris had to choose who; chose aphrodite
- Aphrodite gave him love; girl named Helen
- Paris took Helen from Troy even though she already had a husband (Menleaus)
8
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Menelaus
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- husband to helen
- brother to Agamemnon
9
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Mentor
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- friend of odysseus
- old
- in charge in Telemachus
10
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Nestor
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- comrade/friend to odysseus
- fought alongside odysseus in war
11
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Odysseus
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- smart & cunning
- brave
- been at war for 9 years
- been held captive by Calypso
- father to Telemachus
- husband to Penelope
- trying to come home
12
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Orestes
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- killed Aegisthus because Aegisthus killed his father
- son to Agamemnon
13
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Poseidon
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- immortal
- angry god
- holds grudges
- god of water
- brother to zeus
- uncle to athena
14
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Suitors
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- lived in Odysseus’ house
- trying to marry odysseus’ wife because he’s gone
- disrespect Telemachus
15
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Telemachus
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- son of odysseus
- hasn’t seen his father in years
- has to deal with the disrespect of settlers
