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Telemakohs

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  • Son of Odysseus and Penelope.
  • about twenty
  • no real world experience and no father figure in his life
  • faced with the constant problem of the suitors
  • after his journey to look for his father he is finally able to gain courage, and fight the suitors.
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Penelope

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  • wife of Odysseus & mother of Telemakhos
  • Queen of Ithaka
  • left in Ithaka for 20 years when Odysseus travels to Troy to fight in the war
  • cries way too much about her husband being gone and the suitors taking over her house but does nothing to drive them out
  • avoids remarrying with any of the suitors by lying about weaving Laertes’ burial shroud by day and then ripping out the stitches by night
  • cunning and loves testing people just like her hubby
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Eurykleia

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  • an old nurse living in Ithaka since Laertes first bought her
  • still loyal to Penelope and Telemakhos
  • She took care of both Odysseus and Telemakhos as children.
  • She keeps Telemahkos’ journey to Pylos and Sparta as well as Odysseus’ identity a secret.
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Antinoos

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  • one of two prominent nobles competing for Penelope
  • one of the worst behaved
  • makes plans to kill Telemahkos
  • throws a stool at the disguised Odysseus
  • He is the first suitor to die
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Eurymachus

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  • an Ithakan nobleman
  • one of the leading suitors competing for Penelope
  • arrogant and deceitful scheming Telemachus’ death
  • killed by Odysseus (by an arrow) after he tries to plead/bargain for his life in the palace.
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Nausikaa

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  • daughter of Alkinoos; princess of Phaiakia;
  • Athena comes to her in a dream as a friend and tells her to bathe in the river the next morning so she can find Odysseus
  • she guides him into the kingdom to her father, who can welcome him as a guest, feed him, and then send him on his way home
  • does not lead him all the way to the palace, tells him to find his own way there once they enter the kingdom
  • her dad ends up offering Odysseus her hand in marriage anyway
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Demodcus

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  • the storyteller/poet at Alcinous’ (King of the Phaeacians) feast
  • blind
  • He tells three stories
    • Odysseus and Achilles at Troy
    • Ares and Aphrodite
    • Trojan Horse and the sack of Troy.
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Antikleia

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  • Odysseus’ mother
  • died of grief waiting from Odysseus to return from Troy
  • meet her in the Underworld where she talks about Ithaka and all of Odysseus’ loved ones who faithfully wait for his return.
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Iros (Arnaeus)

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  • the beggar of Ithaka
  • comes to the palace after hearing of a “new beggar” in Ithaka
  • challenges Odysseus (disguised as the beggar) over the territory but is quickly defeated and humiliated at Odysseus’ hidden strength
  • Odysseus drags him out with a broken jaw.
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Arete

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  • queen of the Phaeacians, husband of Alcinous, mother of the princess Nausikaa
  • She is intelligent and influential.
  • Odysseus comes to their land after departing from Kalypso’s island on his raft.
  • After meeting Nausikaa by the river after coming ashore, she advises him to go to the palace and appeal to (blank) for help. He is helped and treated hospitably by (blank) and her husband.
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Kalypso

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  • a nymph who lives on the island of Ogygia
  • Odysseus is captivated by her charm and beauty, and ends up staying there for approximately seven or eight years
  • During the day he longs for Ithaca, but at night he sleeps with (blank)
  • He is not able to leave until Zeus, upon Athena’s request, sends Hermes to inform her she must let Odysseus go.
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Dog Argos

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  • trained as a puppy by Odysseus.
  • Would have been a great hunting dog, but was not properly taken care of and was treated badly by the suitors
  • Is laying in a pile of dung when Odysseus first sees him again outside the home of Penelope and Telemachos
  • He immediately recognizes Odysseus, wags his tail, and then dies.
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Mentor

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  • is an old, loyal friend of Odysseus’s
  • Before Odysseus goes to war, he leaves (blank) in charge of his house and servants.
  • Athena disguises herself as (blank) and prompts Telemakhos to look for news about his father, and helps Telemakhos along the way.
  • Athena, as (blank), also helps out Odysseus and establishes the peace at the end of the poem.
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Nestor

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  • the King of Pylos and a former warrior in the Trojan War
  • Like Odysseus, (blank) is known as a clever speaker.
  • Telemachus visits him in Book 3 to ask about his father, but (blank) knows little of Odysseus’s whereabouts.
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Seareach

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  • is a Phaiakian that Odysseus meets in Scheria
  • he is described as rugged and strong.
  • Laodamas asks Odysseus to participate in the games they’re playing and Odysseus politely declines, (blank) insults Odysseus by saying he is no athlete. Later, after Odysseus proves himself an athlete and the Phaiakians are giving him gifts, (blank) apologizes and gives him a broadsword.
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Kikones

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  • The bag of winds blew Odysseus’ ship to the city of Kikones (in Ismarus).
  • Odysseus and his crew overstay their welcome and get greedy.
  • Eventually they are attacked by inhabitants of the city and are forced to leave. Six men per ship were lost.
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Aias (Ajax)

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  • is encountered by Odysseus in the Underworld
  • Odysseus briefly recounts how (blank) committed suicide after losing the contest to him for Achilles’ armor.
  • Odysseus tries to talk to (blank) and shows remorse over his death, but (blank) ignores him and goes away.
  • He is still angry with Odysseus.
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Tiresias

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  • Theban prophet that Odysseus speaks to in The Underworld;
  • tells Odysseus that Poseidon is making it harder for him and his crew to get home as revenge for blinding Poseidon’s son Polyphemos
  • tells Odysseus that he will eventually make his way home and defeat all the suitors
  • warns Odysseus that he will face much more suffering (including the fact that he will lose his entire crew) if they touch Helios’ flocks when he and his crew reach the island of Thrinakia
  • lastly tells Odysseus that once he returns and reclaims his thrown, he must then leave again to appease and make a sacrifice for Poseidon.
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“Tortures” of the Underworld

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  • were designed to teach Odysseus valuable lessons to help him regain his kingdom in Ithaka
  • First he sees Tantalus with water below him and fruits above him but whenever he tries to eat or drink they disappear.
  • Vultures eat Tityus’ liver every day and every night it grows back.
  • Sisyphus pushes a boulder up a hill but every time he does it rolls back down again and he has to push it back up again.
  • These are all warnings to Odysseus to make life count.
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Theoklymenos

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  • a fugitive (killed his cousin, wtf) running to avoid being killed out of vengeance
  • runs into Telemakhos just as he is preparing to leave Sparta
  • Telemakhos tells him that he cannot stay in the palace because of all the suitors and then a hawk comes over an takes a dove so that its feathers land right in between the two men
  • prophesies that it is a sign for Telemakhos telling him that “there is no kinglier house than yours” and that his family will rule Ithaka forevaaaaaaa.
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Melantho

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  • one of Penelope’s favorite handmaids
  • Penelope treats her like a daughter
  • is a disloyal servant because she hangs around the suitors and is in love with Eurymakhos.
  • when she encounters Odysseus (who is disguised as a beggar), she belittles him, gives him a hard time, and tells him to go sleep in a smithy.
  • is later hung by Telemakhos.
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Philoitios

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  • A cowherd in Ithaka and one of the servants who remain loyal to Odysseus.
  • Odysseus first approaches him in disguise and (blank) recognizes Odysseus by the scar he got while hunting with Autolykos.
  • (blank) fights on Odysseus’s side against the suitors during the slaughter.
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Hermes

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  • The messenger of the Gods.
  • He is the god that guides the spirits of the dead to the underworld.
  • He helps Odysseus by telling him about the herb that protects him from Kirke.
  • He is also the one that tells Kalypso to let Odysseus off her island.
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Poseidon

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  • One of the three main brother gods, he rules the ocean.
  • In the book he is giving Odysseus constant struggle and slows down his journey home.
  • This is mainly because Odysseus killed a Cyclopes that was one of (blank)’s children.
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Aiolos

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  • Known as the ruler of the winds.
  • When Odysseus meets (blank), (blank) stirs up a wind to send Odysseus in the direction to go home.
  • Before Odysseus leaves, (blank) gives him a bag of winds. After the incident with the bag of winds, (blank) refuses to help Odysseus again, knowing that the Gods are involved with this.
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Laistrygones

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  • Odysseus, still with his full crew of men land on this island filled with these giant cannibal people. (They are on this island after they leave Aiolos island as above mentioned.)
  • Some of his men go ashore and find out they are cannibals and run back to the ship.
  • Of course, they throw rocks at the fleeing ships and Odysseus’ is the only one that gets away.
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Skylla

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  • After leaving Kirke’s island Odysseus and his men must sail past through the monster
  • A six-headed beast that devours men
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Cattle of Helios

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  • Odysseus is warned of these cattle by Kirke as to not kill them.
  • They land on the island of cattle after they escape the above mentioned Skylla and get stuck there for a month due to bad weather.
  • The men get hungry, Odysseus goes and says prayers, and his men kill the cattle for some chow.
  • After, they sail away and Zeus hits the ship with a lightning bolt at the request of Apollo (whose cattle was killed). Odysseus is the only to survive and floats to the island of Kalypso.
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Helen of Troy

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  • Wife to Menelaus. She is kidnapped and brought to Troy thus causing the Trojan War.
  • She later returns to Menelaus and in the Odyssey is seen offering her help to Telemachus in his journey to find word of his father.
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Kyklops/ Polyphemos

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  • one eyed giant, son of Poseidon
  • imprisons Odysseus and the crew in his cave as they stop on the island of the (blank) on their journey home from Troy
  • eats some of Odysseus’s men
  • is blinded by Odysseus in his sleep
  • Later his men escape tied under the sheep owned by (blank).
  • curses Odysseus and begs his father Poseidon to seek revenge for Odysseus’s tricks.
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Kharybdis

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  • a sea monster in greek mythology that swallowed a huge amounts of water three times a day before belching it back out again
  • one of two obstacles that the immortal Kirke warns Odysseus of in his journey home to Itheca
  • The first time Odysseus encounters it is with his crew when he instructs them to sail around it forcing them to sail toward Skylla.
  • The second time Odysseus was on a raft and got swept toward the (blank), but survived by clinging to a fig tree growing on a rock.
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Laertes

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  • Father of Odysseus,
  • heartbroken for the loss of his son.
  • When Odysseus finally does return he approaches his father as a stranger and see’s how much he cared about his lost son.
  • Odysseus reveals himself to his father and Laertes is filled with joy to have his son back.
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Ithaka

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  • the homeland and kingdom of Odysseus which has not seen its noble leader in ten years due to his involvement in the Trojan War and the events that occur afterwards.
  • The kingdom has become disorderly due to a large and rowdy group of suitors who pillage the castle, eating and drinking all of the food and wine, due to their pursuit of Odysseus’ wife Penelope.
  • dangerously close to falling to the suitors especially when they create a murder plan to rid the kingdom of Odysseus’s son Telemahkos so they could have complete dominance.
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Ino

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  • is a minor goddess
  • While Odysseus is sailing toward his next destination, Poseidon spots him and stirs up an intense storm with the intentions of dragging Odysseus under.
  • Luckily for Odysseus, the goddess Ino comes to his rescue and afterwards gives him a special veil which he is told will keep him safe after his ship had been wrecked.
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Kirke

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  • is a beautiful, witch-goddess who Odysseus and his crew run into immediately after their escape from the Laestrygonian giants.
  • She tricks Odysseus’s crew into drinking with her which ultimately drugs them and turns them into pigs.
  • Odysseus goes to rescue his men but Hermes intervenes, knowing that Odysseus cannot defeat (blank) without help.
  • Hermes gives Odysseus a special herb which allows him to be immune to (blank)’s drug.
  • When she lunges at him, thinking he is under her spell, he fights back and defeats her while forcing her to turn his men from pigs back to human beings.
  • Afterwards, Odysseus stays with (blank) for about a year and him and his men feast and live luxuriously until (blank) tells them it’s time for them to sail once again.
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Eumaios

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  • is the loyal swineherd and friend of Odysseus whom he knew before Odysseus left for the Trojan War.
  • Upon return to Ithaka, (blank) is the very first individual that Odysseus meets.
  • He tells Odysseus his life story which involves a Phoenician sailor seducing his nurse and convincing her to come aboard his ship. The only way he can promise her a safe passage is if she gives them some sort of collateral. The nurse gives (blank) to the men but she is later killed off. The Phoenicians then bring (blank) to Itaka and sell him to Laertes, who is Odysseus’s father, which is how he ended up there.
  • He does not recognize the disguised Odysseus when he returns to Ithaka and treats him rather well, giving him food, drink, and shelter
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Elpenor

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  • is an Ithakan soldier travelling back from Troy with Odysseus.
  • On the morning when the Ithakans decide to leave Kirke’s island and set sail for home, (blank) awakes from a drunken stupor on a roof.
  • Attempting to climb down a ladder he falls and breaks his neck. Later when Odysseus is make a sacrifice to the dead, he sees (blank) who begs Odysseys to return to Kirke’s island and give him a proper burial, which he does.
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Melanthios

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  • is an Ithakan Goatherd.
  • He has taken up with the suitors, giving them choice goats and serving them at dinner, and even aiding them in their fight against Odysseus by throwing arms down.
  • In town the disguised Odysseus is introduced to him with taunts and a kick.
  • During the battle he is tied to the roof, and saved after the maids were dealt with where he received special torture from the goatherd and cowherd
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Aias (Ajax)

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  • Considered the second greatest hero of the Greeks, only second to Achilles.
  • In Sophocles’s (blank), Odysseus is given Achilles’ armor by the Greek leaders (Agamemnon and Menaleus), and this enrages (blank).
  • (blank) tries to kill Odysseus, Agamemnon and Menaleus, but Athena intervenes.
  • (blank) unknowingly kills livestock thinking they are his targets.
  • When (blank) finds out that what he has done, he is ashamed. He cannot live with himself, and commits suicide.
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Athena

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  • book opens with convo between odysseus and (blank) who is basically Odysseus’s protector.
  • we find out that ajax was going to kill odysseus and other important war people but (blank) instead has kim kill animals
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Tecmessa

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  • Ajax’ warbride from the Trojan War;
  • pleads for him to consider his wife and child before killing himself;
  • unable to convince him to stay alive and later finds her husband’s body thrown upon his own sword planted in the ground (an obvious suicide);
  • throws her cloak over his dead body and weeps
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Menelaus

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  • is the King of Sparta and the brother of Agamemnon.
  • He, along with, Odysseus and Agamemnon are the leading generals fighting the Trojans to “reclaim” his wife, Helen.
  • After Ajax loses Achilles’ armour to Odysseus, Ajax plans to kill (blank), Agamemnon and Odysseus.
  • (blank) orders Ajax corpse to not be buried nor to have a funeral.
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Agamemnon

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  • king of Mycenae.
  • Fighting against Troy.
  • Hated by Ajax, who wants to kill him, but is tricked by Athena into killing sheep/cows instead.
  • After Ajax commits suicide, (blank) and his brother Menelaus believe that he should not be buried.
  • (blank) is later killed by his own wife, Clytemnestra, for sacrificing their daughter in order for victory in Troy.
  • He is portrayed as a selfish and arrogant character in the Ajax, as he holds a grudge against Ajax even after he is dead.
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Odysseus (ajax)

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  • is the reason for Ajax’s immediate rage due to Menelaus and Agamemnon granting Achilles’ special armor to (blank) when it was originally promised to Ajax himself.
  • Ajax wants to kill (blank) and the other Greek leaders but is stopped by the goddess Athena who tricks him into thinking animals are those he wished to kill.
  • Although (blank) knows that Ajax desperately wants to get revenge and kill him, he is the one who steps in at the end of the book and bargains with the others for a proper burial for Ajax, who took his own life.
  • (blank) believes that even a person’s enemies deserve respect when they die so a proper funeral is given for Ajax, but (blank) is not there out of respect for the dead Ajax.
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Teucer

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  • is the half brother of Ajax, nephew of Priam, and cousin of Hector and Paris.
  • He fights alongside the greeks.
  • Ajax intends him to be the first to find his body, which he almost is.
  • Throughout the second half of the play (blank) is adamant to bury Ajax by all means
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Philoctetes

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  • has been living in a cave on the island of Lemnos for the past 10 years.
  • He was dropped off there by Odysseus because he was constantly screaming and smelled really bad after a snake bit his foot.
  • hates Odysseus for deserting him
  • He has a magical bow from Heracles that ends up helping the Greeks win the Trojan War
  • Odysseus and Neoptolemus come back for (blank) in the play because Odysseus wants to steal his bow.
  • At the end, (blank) is persuaded by Heracles to go with them and let them use his bow. Though not in the play, (blank) ends up having his foot cured and being a successful war hero.
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Odysseus (philoctetes)

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  • takes on a “mentor” role to Neoptolemus and manipulates him into lying and scheming
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Heracles (philoctetes)

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  • dead
  • he gave his bow to Philoctetes because he was grateful that Philoctetes made the final preparations for his death.
  • the bow is the only thing that can help the Greeks win the Trojan war, which is why Odysseus goes back to the island the Philoctetes is on to steal the bow from Philoctetes.
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Neoptolemus

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  • Son of warrior Achilles.
  • was to go and retrieve the arrows by lying to Philoctetes by saying he was offering him passage home.
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Deianira

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  • Was won in a battle by Heracles and became wife.
  • Receives a fake bottle of love potion from a Centaur that Heracles kills.
  • Heracles sends home a girl ahead of him whom is rumored is going to marry Heracles, shes decides the use the potion. In the end the potion she covers on a robe for Heracles kills him.
  • She has suspicions about the potion after she sends it but does nothing.
  • When the news comes from her son that Heracles is dead shes falls on a sword and dies.
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Heracles (women)

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  • husband to Deianira.
  • He is gone for an extended period of time. After being treated badly by King Eurytus (of Oechalia) he kills him, and destroys the city, capturing the women and sending them back to his wife.
  • However, he falls in love with Iola, daughter to King Eurytus.
  • When Deianira learns that he has fallen in love with Iola, Eurytus’ daughter, she is extremely sad. Realizing his love for her is waning, she naively uses a “love potion” she (the blood of Nessus) which she believes will make him love her again.
  • She sends (blank) a robe with the potion on it, which turns out to be poison, which eats (Blank)s’ skin.
  • He forces his son to marry Iola before dying.
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Hyllus

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  • is the son of Deianira and Heracles
  • When he returns home and finds out that his own mother was behind his father’s tragic death he becomes intensely angry and has a falling out with her.
  • Afterwards, when Deianira kills herself, (blank) finally realizes that his mother did not intend to actually kill Heracles.
  • When his dying father is brought home, (blank) is the one who explains to him what really happened. This makes Heracles realize that it is the prophecy coming true and ask to be taken out of his pain and misery.
  • makes a final promise to his father that he will marry Iole even though he originally does not want to.
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Lichas

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  • one of Herakles’ companions from battle
  • brings in the women that Herakles chose to take as captive from Eurytus’ island (one of whom is Iole) and presents them to Deianira
  • tells Deianira that her husband is alive!!!!!! Claims to not know anything about Iole but is then caught in his lies by a Messenger who overheard him speaking of Iole earlier (smh);
  • admits that Iole is actually Eurytus’ daughter and that Herakles fought Eurytus out of love for Iole
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Iole

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is the beautiful daughter of Eurytus, the cause for Deianira’s act

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Alcesis

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  • is the wife of King Admetus
  • takes her husband’s place to die.
  • She is known for her love and self-sacrifice.
  • Heracles collects her from the Underworld after battling Death and returns her to Admetus as a veiled woman.
  • They reunite, but (blank) isn’t able to speak for three days.
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Admentus

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  • is the king of Pherae in Thessaly and the husband of Alcestis
  • He is fated to die because he once upset Artemis, but Apollo persuades the Fates to allow a substitute to die for him.
  • asks his parents, but they refuse because they also value their lives and don’t think it’s part of their parental duties to die for their son.
  • Alcestis volunteers to die
  • He acts sad to see her go.
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Pheres

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  • is the father of Admetus.
  • refuses to die for his son and thinks it is ridiculous that he should have to give up the life he enjoys because of a deal his son made.
  • He praises Alcestis for taking his son’s place in death and says she is a noble woman.
  • He calls Admetus a coward and says that a true man would face death in order to let his wife live.
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Apollo

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  • was exiled from Olympus and spent his days on earth serving Admetus.
  • offers him freedom from death by giving him the opportunity to find someone to take his place in Hades.
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Medea

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  • Daughter of the king of Colchis, she possess magical prowess.
  • falls in love with Jason, and helps him take on his quest to take the Golden Fleece.
  • As a result she betrays her kingdom, and kills her own brother. She is also the reason as to why Jason is able to kill many other monsters and obstacles that stand in his path.
  • Jason betrays (blank) by wedding the king of Cronith’s daughter.
  • Enraged (blank)conjures up a plan to hurt Jason immensely. She gives “presents” to Glauce through her sons, but they are poisoned and as a result kill Glauce and Creon. (blank) kills her two sons, and when Jason finds out he wishes to see them and wants to give them a burial.
  • However, (blank) denies Jason both of these, and presumably runs away to Athens, as Aegeus has promised her sanction.
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Jason

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  • Married to Medea but is cheating on her with Glauce.
  • accepts the banishment of Medea and his children, but tries to help her by giving money and resources.
  • his actions of cheating on Medea cause the whole story to happen.
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Glauce

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  • is the young daughter of King Creon who catches Jason’s eye and is the reason that he decides to leave his wife, Medea.
  • She is much younger and more beautiful than Medea so Jason sees her as a great opportunity to not only have his current sons become part of the royal family, but also have more children with (blank) who will actually have royal blood in them.
  • Out of rage, Medea has her children bring beautiful poisonous gifts to (blank) which immediately kill her and her father Creon who rushed in to try and save his dying daughter.
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Aegeus

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  • king of Athens;
  • Medea meets him while he is in Corinth on the way home from Delphi, where he had been seeking a cure or advice from the Oracle for his and his wife’s inability to have children;
  • makes a deal with Medea to provide sanctuary in Athens in exchange for some sort of fertility potion;
  • he’s basically the only reason why Medea is able to get away with everything
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Hippolytus

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  • is the illegitimate son of King Theseus and Phaedra (stepmother to (blank)).
  • He has been living and hunting in Troezen since his early childhood and worships Artemis, the chaste goddess of the hunt.
  • Since he has made a chastity vow, he refuses to revere Aphrodite, the goddess of sexual desire. After (blank) hears that Phaedra is in love with him, he makes a misogynistic speech cursing women.
  • Once Phaedra hangs herself and Theseus reads her letter and thinks (blank) raped her, Theseus curses his son to death or at least exile.
  • He calls on his father Poseidon to grant him a curse, so Poseidon sends a sea monster as (blank) makes his exile, which scares (blank)s’ horses and makes them drag him across the rocks.
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Aphrodite

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  • Goddess of love.
  • angry at Hippolytus because he has sworn to chastity, and thus does not revere her.
  • She causes Phaedra, his father’s (Theseus) wife, to fall in love with Hippolytus.
  • Phaedra ends up killing herself, because people discover her love for Hippolytus, and the blame is cast on Hippolytus.
  • Hippolytus is exiled by his father, but is killed in a chariot accident on the way out.
  • Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, who Hippolytus revered, informs Theseus of the truth, that Hippolytus did not kill/rape Phaedra, and that it was Aphrodite’s fault.
  • Artemis vows to punish (blank), by killing the next man she loves.
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Phaedra

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  • is Hippolytus’ stepmother who falls in love with Hippolytus due to Aphrodite’s spell.
  • Realizing this love, (blank) starves herself so she can die with honor, knowing her and her stepson never had relations.
  • She then hangs herself, leaving a letter that places the blame for her death on Hippolytus, but Theseus takes it to mean she she was raped by Hippolytus - which isn’t true.
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Theseus

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  • is the king of Athens.
  • He is serving a year of voluntary exile after murdering a local king and his sons.
  • He returns to find his wife committed suicide and believes that their son, Hippolytus, raped her (which is false).
  • curses his son to death and calls upon his father, the god Poseidon, who promised him three curses. Theseus executes his son.
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Menelaos/Sparta

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  • The red-haired king of Sparta whose wife, Helen, ran away with the prince of Troy, Paris.
  • when Telemakhos, goes on his journey to find his father after the war, Nestor, the master Charioteer of Pylos, suggests that he go to Sparta to visit (blank)
  • mansion is big and luxurious, with lots of beautiful gold and silver and he greets Telemakhos and his companions with open arms.
  • He then offers Telemakhos the chance to stay in his home as well as many gifts.
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Lotus Eaters:

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  • During Odysseus’s journey back home to Ithaka after the Trojan War, he gets lost at sea and drifts to the coast of the Lotus Eaters.
  • The Lotus Eaters seemed to be peaceful people and offered Odysseus and his men sweet Lotus flowers to eat.
  • men who ate the Lotus never returned home, as the flowers made them forget about their home and kept them trapped on the island.
  • Odysseus and some of his men who didn’t eat the Lotus were able to escape, and they sailed on to continue their journey.
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Sirens

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  • Beautiful creatures who live in the sea and use their voices to bewitch the sailing men.
  • When Odysseus is sailing home with the remainder of his crew, he finds that his path is blocked by Sirens and Kirke suggests that his men tie him to the ship to prevent him from being lulled by the sweet music.
  • Odysseus also put beeswax in his crew’s ears to keep them from hearing the Siren’s music, but all of them fall under their spell anyway.
  • However, Odysseus manages to escape and continue on his journey back to Ithaka.
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Amphimedon

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  • Son of Melaneus who was among the suitors of Penelope
  • Amphimedon gave Telemakhos a superficial cut on his wrist and Telemakhos ended up slaying him.
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Lemnos

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  • The remote, uninhabited island where Philoctetes was marooned
  • Odysseus and Neoptolemus, son of Achilles, travel in Lemnos in the final days of the Trojan War to retrieve the bow from an angry and suffering Philoctetes.
  • The three then leave the Island of Lemnos and sail back to Troy.
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Heracles (Alcestis)

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  • Demigod son of Zeus who comes to visit Admetus
  • wrestles with death to bring Alcestis back to life.
  • he disguises Alcestis under a cloak and introduces her to Admetus as a war prize
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Artemis

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  • Daughter of Zeus
  • she is the goddess who Hippolytus worships instead of Aphrodite.
  • is enraged by what Aphrodite has done and decides to tell Theseus the truth the clear Hippolytus’s name.
  • She explains the situation to both of them and Hippolytus forgives his father just before he dies.
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  • Odysseus, still with his full crew of men land on this island filled with these giant cannibal people. (They are on this island after they leave Aiolos island as above mentioned.)
  • Some of his men go ashore and find out they are cannibals and run back to the ship.
  • Of course, they throw rocks at the fleeing ships and Odysseus’ is the only one that gets away.
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Laistrygones

HONP (12 decks)

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