The Odyssey Flashcards
Penelope
Wife of Odysseus
Mother of Telemachus
Hit on by the Suitors
Athena
Daughter of Zeus
Niece of Posidon
Goddess of War
Didn’t get picked as the fairest
Menelaus
Helen’s Husband
Agamemnon’s Brother
Went to Troy to get Helen back
Posiden
God of Sea
Zeus’s Brother
Athena’s Uncle
Zeus
God of Lightning
Posiden’ Brother
Gave the apple to Hermes
Athena’s Dad
Odysseus
Telemachus’ Dad
Fought in the Trojan War
Captured by Calypso
Telemachus
Odysseus’ Son
Went to look for his dad
Called a meeting to get suitors to leave his mom alone
Aphrodite
Goddess of Love and Beauty
Told Paris he could marry Helen
Had an affair with Ares
Agamemnon
Menelaus’ Brother
Killed by Aegisthus and his wife
Judgement of Paris
Had to decide between Athena, Aphrodite and Hera
Chose Aphrodite
Kidnapped Helen
Aeigisthus
Killed by Orestes
Hermes
Messenger
Gave the apple to Paris
Got the Apple from Zeus
Mentor
Telemachus’s Mento
Nestor
Odysseus’ mentor
Wisest of the Greeks
Orestes
KIlled Aeigsthus
Agamemnon’s son