The Odyssey Epithets Flashcards

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1
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..the wayfinder

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Hermes

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Son of Cronus

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Zeus

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Father Zeus

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Zeus

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The Sweet Nymph

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Calypso

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Son of Laertes

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Odysseus

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Thundering Zeus

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Zeus

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Lord Poseidon

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Poseidon

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The queen

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Penelope

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9
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..of Aeaea

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Circe

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10
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Divine

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Calypso

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11
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Old and trusty swineherd

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Eumaeus

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12
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Wily

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Odysseus

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13
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He who sets the earth a-tremble

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Poseidon

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14
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Clear-headed

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Telemachus

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15
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Iron queen

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Persephone

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16
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Husband of Helen

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Menelaus

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17
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Versatile

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Odysseus

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18
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Absent hero

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Odysseus

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19
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Grey-eyed goddess

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Athena

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20
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Pale..

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Persephone

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21
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True son of king Odysseus

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Telemachus

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22
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Daughter of Alcinous

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Nausicaa

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23
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Patient hero

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Odysseus

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24
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She of the white arms

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Nausicaa

25
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Noble sage at Pylos

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Nestor

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Faithful wife

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Penelope

27
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The witch

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Circe

28
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Master of lad ways and sea ways

A

Odysseus

29
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The wind king

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Aeolus

30
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Dear son of great Odysseus

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Telemachus

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Master mariner and soldier

A

Odysseus

32
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The red-haired king at Sparta

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Menelaus

33
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Great captain

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Odysseus

34
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Son of crooked-minded Cronus

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Zeus

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Daughter of Zeus

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Athena

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Mistress of the isle

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Calypso

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Blind Teiresias of Thebes

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Teiresias

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Sun god

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Helios

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Odysseus’ true son

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Telemachus

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Great Zeus’ daughter

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Persephone

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Raider of cities

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Odysseus

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Thundering Amphitrite

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Amphitrite

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Lord Odysseus

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Odysseus

44
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Young prince

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Telemachus

45
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Blue-maned god who makes the island tremble

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Poseidon

46
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Prince of charioteers

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Nestor

47
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Strategist

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Odysseus

48
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Old..

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Laertes

49
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Old commander

A

Menelaus

50
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A son of Eurymus

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Telemus

51
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Loveliest of all immortals

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Circe

52
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Silent wife

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Penelope

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Gods of old

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Odysseus

54
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Arbiter

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Athena

55
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Quiet..

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Penelope

56
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Messenger god

A

Hermes

57
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Greathearted

A

Odysseus

58
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Master charioteer

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Nestor