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The Odyssey: Characters Flashcards

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Zeus

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The god of thunder, the sky, and king of the gods and of Mount Olympus

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Athena

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The Goddess of Wisdom & War

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Poseidon

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God of the sea and lord of earthquakes and equestrians

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Hermes

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The god of messengers and travel

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Apollo

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God of the sun, music, archery, medicine, light, etc. Twin brother of Artemis

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Artemis

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Goddess of the moon & the hunt; twin sister of Apollo

Patron to young children (especially young girls)

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Proteus

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The Egyptian God of The Sea

& Shepherd of Seals

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Calypso

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Witch who lives on Ogygia, wants to keep Odysseus forever (& for his hand in marriage)

Zeus forces her to let Odysseus go

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Mnemosyne

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Goddess of Memory, mother of The Muses

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The Muses

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Daughters of Mnemosyne, Goddesses of basically anything inventive (art, music, etc.)

In The Odyssey there is a call to the muses

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Helius

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God of The Sun, had the cows

Cows got killed by Odysseus’ men

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Odysseus

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King of Ithaca, son of Laertes & Anticleia, protagonist of The Odyssey

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Penelope

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Queen of Ithaca, wife of Odysseus, wove & unwove a burial shroud to avoid getting remarried

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Telemachus

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Son of Odysseus & Penelope, tries to find Odysseus

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Mentor

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son of Alcimus, friend of Odysseus, in charge of Telemachus

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Nestor

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King of Pylos, Telemachus goes to him to help find Odysseus

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Atreus

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King of Mycenae, son of Pelops & Hippodamia, father of Agamemmnon & Menelaus

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Agamemnon

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King of Mycenae, commanded the Achaeans during the Trojan War, got killed by his wife, Clytemnestra

Sacrificed, Iphigenia, his daugther

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Clytemnestra

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Wife of Agamemnon, killed (via poison) & cheated on him.

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Aegisthus

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Lover of Clytemnestra, tells her to kill Agamemnon, son of Thyestes & Pelopia

Adopted son of Agamemnon, treated like a son

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Orestes

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Son of Agamemnon, King of Mycenae, and Clytemnestra

Killed Clytemnestra with Electra for revenge

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Menelaus

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Helens husband, King of Sparta

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Helen

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Wife of Menelaus, cause for the Trojan war because she got abducted

by Paris & such

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Paris

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Nabbed Helen, Prince of Troy, LOSER

Killed Achilles (shot in the heel!)

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Hector

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Very Strong, Brother of Paris, Prince of Troy

Killed Patroclus

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