The Odyssey Epithets Flashcards
1
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..the wayfinder
A
Hermes
2
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Son of Cronus
A
Zeus
3
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Father Zeus
A
Zeus
4
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The Sweet Nymph
A
Calypso
5
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Son of Laertes
A
Odysseus
6
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Thundering Zeus
A
Zeus
7
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Lord Poseidon
A
Poseidon
8
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The queen
A
Penelope
9
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..of Aeaea
A
Circe
10
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Divine
A
Calypso
11
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Old and trusty swineherd
A
Eumaeus
12
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Wily
A
Odysseus
13
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He who sets the earth a-tremble
A
Poseidon
14
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Clear-headed
A
Telemachus
15
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Iron queen
A
Persephone
16
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Husband of Helen
A
Menelaus
17
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Versatile
A
Odysseus
18
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Absent hero
A
Odysseus
19
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Grey-eyed goddess
A
Athena
20
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Pale..
A
Persephone
21
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True son of king Odysseus
A
Telemachus
22
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Daughter of Alcinous
A
Nausicaa
23
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Patient hero
A
Odysseus
24
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She of the white arms
A
Nausicaa
25
Noble sage at Pylos
Nestor
26
Faithful wife
Penelope
27
The witch
Circe
28
Master of lad ways and sea ways
Odysseus
29
The wind king
Aeolus
30
Dear son of great Odysseus
Telemachus
31
Master mariner and soldier
Odysseus
32
The red-haired king at Sparta
Menelaus
33
Great captain
Odysseus
34
Son of crooked-minded Cronus
Zeus
35
Daughter of Zeus
Athena
36
Mistress of the isle
Calypso
37
Blind Teiresias of Thebes
Teiresias
38
Sun god
Helios
39
Odysseus' true son
Telemachus
40
Great Zeus' daughter
Persephone
41
Raider of cities
Odysseus
42
Thundering Amphitrite
Amphitrite
43
Lord Odysseus
Odysseus
44
Young prince
Telemachus
45
Blue-maned god who makes the island tremble
Poseidon
46
Prince of charioteers
Nestor
47
Strategist
Odysseus
48
Old..
Laertes
49
Old commander
Menelaus
50
A son of Eurymus
Telemus
51
Loveliest of all immortals
Circe
52
Silent wife
Penelope
53
Gods of old
Odysseus
54
Arbiter
Athena
55
Quiet..
Penelope
56
Messenger god
Hermes
57
Greathearted
Odysseus
58
Master charioteer
Nestor