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Menelaus

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Helen’s husband, king of Greeks

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Poseidon

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God of Sea, divine antagonist

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Circe

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Goddess of magic, kept Odysseus and crew prisoner for 1 year

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Sirens

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Mermaids, crash sailors into rocks and steal treasure

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Hermes

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Messenger god

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Centaurs

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Half man, half horse

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Athena

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Goddess of wisdom, strategy

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Cyclops

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One eyed giants

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Achilles

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Immortal except for heel, fought Trojan war for Greeks

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Telemachus

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Son of Odysseus

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Nausicaa

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Daughter of King Alcinous, finds Odysseus shipwrecked on beach

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Penelope

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Wife of Odysseus, fended off suitors until Odysseus returned

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Aegisthus

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King of Mycenae

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Persephone

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Wife of Hades

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Eurycleia

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Odysseus’ nanny, servant

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Hephaestus

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God of the forge

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Polyphemus

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Cyclops that Odysseus blinded

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Agamemnon

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Commander of Greek Army during Trojan war

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Eumaeus

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Loyal Shepard,let Odysseus stay in his hut, first to recognize Odysseus

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Helen

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Woman that the Trojan war was fought over

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Antinous

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Leading suitor of Penelope

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Apollo, Hyperion

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Sun god

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Nobody

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Name used to trick Polyphemus

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Laertes

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Father of Odysseus

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Scylla

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Monster in cliff

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Charybdis

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Whirlpool monster

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Lotus-eaters

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Eat lotus flowers, flowers make you forget

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Moly

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Magical herb to protect Odysseus from Circe’s magic

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Troy

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Battle takes plays here in the Illiad

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Ithaca

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Odysseus’ kingdom

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Calypso

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Nymph that falls in love with Odysseus, kept him on her island for 7 years

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Zeus

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King of gods, god of sky

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Argos

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Odysseus’ dog, didn’t fall for disguise

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Hubris

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Extreme pride, arrogance

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Teiresias

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Blind prophet

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Alcinous

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King, gives Odysseus a ship when found by his daughter

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Sisyphus

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Served his son as food to the gods, punished in the underworld by rolling a boulder up a hill

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Aeolus

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God of the winds

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Anticleia

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Mother of Odysseus

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Elpenor

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Fell of Circe’s roof

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Eurymachus

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Manipulative, deceitful suitor

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Eurylochus

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Lead group that was turned into pigs by Circe, told crew to eat Apollo’s cows

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Tyndareus

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Helen’s father

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Clytemnestra

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Wife of Agamemnon, killed him

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Actoris

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Penelope’s maid, knew headboard was carved out of tree

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Philoeteus

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Goat herder, helped clear suitors out of the house

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Aeaea

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Circe’s island

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