The Odyssey Flashcards
remember name, place and events
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Telemachus
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- The son of odysseus
- son of penelope
- 15-17 yr old
- Guide by athena and her champion
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Odysseus
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- was in the trojan war ( away for 20 years)
- held prisoner at sea by poseidon
- favored by athena
- father of telemachus
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Zeus
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- Olympian
- God of Gods
- God of lighting, cloud and sky
- father of Athena
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Poseidon
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- God of the sea
- Brother of zeus
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Athena
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- Goddess of of wisdom and war
- Zeus daughter
- Favors odysseus
- help telemachus with his journey
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Hermes
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- God of message
- Associated with health and sport
- fastest god
- deal with sending message to gods
- zeus son
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Penelope
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- mother of telemachus
- wife of odysseus
- person the suitor are there for
- clever and loyal
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Menelaus
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- king of sparta
- started trojan war over wife
- wife if helen
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Helen
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- married to menelaus
- reason for the trojan war
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The jugdment of Paris
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- eris had a golden apple for most beautiful goddess
- had to choose which goddess out of Athena, Hera , and Aphrodite
- each goddess gave him a gift to push his decision
- Aphrodite promised him the most beautiful women which was helen of sparta .
- leds to the trojan war
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Trojan war
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- started because of the judgement of paris
- Led to the Odyssey
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Suitors
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- living in Odysseus , Penelope, Telemachus home
- Trying to court Penelope
- Using up all the money and eating all the food
- planning to kill off telemachus
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Orestes
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- Father is agamemnon
- killed aegisthus for killing his father
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Nestor
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- The lord of horse
- wise person
- son of neleus
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Mentor
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- A father figure for Telemachus
- his tutor
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Aphrodite
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- Goddess of love and beauty
- married to Hephaestus
- daughter of zeus
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Agamemnon
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- killed by cousin aegisthus and wife
- Orestes father
- fought along side of odyessus
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Aegisthus
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- killed his cousin Agamemnon
- cheated with cousin wife
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Achillies
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- Strong and most powerful of the greek to troy
- patroclus is best friend and lover
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Ares
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-god of war
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Artemis
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- Goddess of the hunt the moon and chasity
- twin to apollo
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Apollo
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- god of the sun music prophecy and healing
- twin to artemis
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Calypso
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- nymphs greek
- keep odysseus in her home for years
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Circe
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- ocean nymph
- lotus eater
- brought odysseus to her island with his champions and turns animal
- use drugs to turn men into animals
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Hera
- the queen of gods
- wife and sister to zeus
- goddess of marriage and birth
- known to be vengeful and jealous
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Demodocus
- poet
| - in the court of alcinous and the phaeacians
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Alcinous
- king of phaeacians
| - gave care to odysseus
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Hephaestus
- god of of fire, metalworking, stone masonry, forges
- married to aphrodite
- blacksmith to the gods
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Nausicaa
- Nausicaa is a princess of the Phaeacians
| - daughter of king alcinous and Arete
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Phaeacians
- people that inhabit scheria
| - gave shelter to odysseus after long travel
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Polyphemus
- giant son of Poseidon
- one of the Cyclopes
- . He devours two of Odysseus's men on the spot and imprisons Odysseus and the rest in his cave for future meals.
- was stabbed in the eye by odysseus and his men
