Characters: The Odyssey Flashcards by Maddie Stetter | Brainscape

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Zeus

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all-powerful ruler of gods

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Poseidon

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god of the seas

- disliked Oysseus for blinding his son

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Athena

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goddess of wisdom

- helped Odysseus

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Hermes

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messenger of gods
son of Zeus and Maia
giant killer
guide of dead souls to underworld

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Aphrodite

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goddess of love/beauty
daughter of Zeus
wife of Hephaestus

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Hephaestus

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god of fire
great artificer
son of Hera
husband of Aphrodite

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Ares

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god of war
lover of Aphrodite
son of Zeus and Hera

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Artemis

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goddess of the hunt
daughter of Zeus and Leto
sister of Apollo
goddess of childbirth

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Apollo

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god of the sun
patron of the arts
god of archery
arrows are metaphor for plague

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Odysseus

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king of Ithaca
hero of story
Greek warrior at Troy
Telemachus’ father
husband of Penelope

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Penelope

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Odysseus’ wife
loyal, clever
outwits suitors

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Telemachus

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Odysseus’ son

- grows up during father’s journey

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Laertes

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Odysseus’ father
loyal
son of Arcesius
husband of Anticleia

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Eurycleia

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Odysseus’ old nurse
loyal
trustworthy
attendant of Penelope

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Eumaeus

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Odysseus’ swineherd

- loyal

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Philoetius

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Odysseus’ cowherd

- loyal

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Mentor

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Odysseus’ friend
son of Alcimus
impersonated by Athena

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Antinous

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leader of the suitors

- son of Eupithes

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Eurymachus

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another suitor
son of Polybus
killed by Odysseus

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Melanthius

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Odysseus’ goatherd

- disloyal

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Melantho

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Penelope’s servant

- disloyal

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Nestor

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King of Messenia
son of Neleus
oldest of Achaean chieftains

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Peisistratus

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Nestor’s son

- accompanies Telemachus to Sparta

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Menelaus

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King of Lacedaemon
son of Atreus
husband of Helen of Troy

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Helen

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Helen of Troy

- wife of Menelaus

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Circe

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woman on island

- changed Odysseus’ men into swine

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Calypso

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goddess/temptress on island

- kept Odysseus for 7 years

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Polyphemus (Cyclops)

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one eyed giant
blinded by Odysseus
son of Poseidon

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Teiresias

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seer (can see in the future) in Hades

- spoke to Odysseus about his future