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The Odyssey: Gods, Goddesses, Mortals, Monsters, and Places Flashcards

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God of poetry, music, prophecy, medicine, and archery

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Apollo

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Goddess of wisdom; favorite daughter of Zeus

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Athena

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A beautiful goddess; keeps Odysseus on her island for seven years

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Calypso

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Witch-goddess who turns Odysseus’ men into swine

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Circe

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Titan who ruled the universe until his son Zeus overthrew him

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Cronus

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Messenger of the gods

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Hermes

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God of metalworking

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Hephaestus

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God of the sun

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Helios

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Female monster; sucks in water three times a day to create a whirlpool

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Charybdis

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A race of one-eyed giants who live solitary lives as shepards

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Cyclopes

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Cyclops son of Poseidon

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Polyphemus

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Female monster with 6 serpent heads

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Scylla

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Sea nymphs whose beautiful music lures sailors toward the rocks

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Sirens

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Home of Circe

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Aeaea

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Dark area of the underworld where the dead reside

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Erebus

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Home of the gods

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Olympus

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Island kingdom ruled by Alcinous

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Phaeacia

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Island where Helios keeps his cattle

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Thrinakia

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Odysseus’ old nurse

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Eurycleia

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One of Odysseus’ loyal crew

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Eurylochus

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A suitor of Penelope

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Eurymachus

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Penelope’s housekeeper

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Eurynome

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Odysseus’ father

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Laertes

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People who feed Odysseus’ men plants to make them forget Ithaca

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Lotus Eaters

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Greek king; trying to return home to Ithaca

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Odysseus

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Odysseus’ faithful wife

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Penelope

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cowherd, one of Odysseus’s loyal servants

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Philoteus

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Odysseus’s son

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Telemachus

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Blind prophet from the city of Thebes

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Tiresias

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King to whom Odysseus tells his story

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Alcinous

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Odysseus’ mother

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Anticlea

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People living on the southwestern coast of Thrace

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Ciccones

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swineherd; one of Odysseus loyal servants

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Eumaeus

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