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1
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prophet/seer; Persephone granted him understanding even in the Underworld

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Teiresias

2
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I am not fond of crying …”

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Pisistratus to Menelaus

3
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Sons are seldom …

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Athene disguised as Mentor to Telemachus

4
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loyal servant of Penelope; herald in Odysseus’ house; suitors’ favorite servant

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Medon

5
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Trojan allies who lived in Thrace in the city of Ismarus; Odysseus raided them

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Cicones

6
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Let us ask the stranger …

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Laodamas to Euryalus (about Odysseus)

7
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clan of one-eyed giants who herded sheep and goats, had no farms or ships

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Cyclopes

8
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father of Penelope; brother of Tyndareus; uncle of Helen and Clytemnestra

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Icarius

9
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If Odysseus is the man …”

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Athene disguised as Mentes to Telemachus

10
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son of Eupeithes; Ithacon leader of the suitors; suitor Penelope hates most

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Antinous

11
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I often grieve, as I sit here in my house …

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Menelaus to Telemachus and Pisistratus

12
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Firstly, then, I will tell you my name …

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Odysseus son of Laertes, from Ithaca, to the Phaeacians

13
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youngest son of Nestor who, like Telemachus, was too young to go to Troy

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Pisistratus

14
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the sun god; a Titan sometimes referred to as Helios

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Hyperion

15
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daughter of Rhexenor; niece and wife of Alcinous

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Arete

16
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relative of Odysseus; second in command of the men of Ithaca

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Eurylochus

17
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plain at the end of the world where virtuous heroes go at death

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Elysium

18
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eating lotus made them - and their visitors - forget home and want to stay their forever

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lotus-eaters

19
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goddess who lived on Aeaea; daughter of Hyperion, the sun god

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Circe

20
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Odysseus’ mother; seems that she killed herself, which is what tradition says

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Anticlea

21
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son of Polybus; a leading suitor and Ithacon

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Eurymachus

22
Q

May heaven grant you …

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Odysseus to Nausicaa

23
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Your wife still remains …

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Anticlea to Odysseus

24
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a weeding gift from Penelope’s father; father of Melanthius and Melantho

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Dolius

25
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son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; killed Aegisthus and his mother to avenge his father’s death

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Orestes

26
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Cyclops blinded by Odysseus; a son of Poseidon and Thoosa

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Polyphemes

27
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Tell me … of that ingenious hero …

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Homer to the Muse

28
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They say the Myrmidons…

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Nestor to Telemachus

29
Q

We must see…”

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King Alcinous to his councilors

30
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daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete who soon hoped to marry

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Nausicaa

31
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Laestrygonian king; ate Odysseus’ scout; wife was a mountain -sized giantess

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Antiphates

32
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daughter of Atlas; nymph on the island of Ogygia

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Calypso

33
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old man of the sea; an immortal Egyptian able to charge shape at will

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Proteus

34
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king of the Cyclopes; son of Poseidon and Thoosa; blinded to Odysseus

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Polyphemus

35
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favorite and oldest son of Alcinous; best-looking Phaeacian

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Laodamas