Semester review Odyssey Characters Flashcards
(39 cards)
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Menelaus - King of Sparta
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King of Sparta
2
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Agamemnon
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Brother of Menelaus
3
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Achilles
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Hero of the Iliad
4
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Helen
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Wife of Menelaus
5
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Paris
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Prince of Troy
6
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Odysseus
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Hero of the Odyssey
7
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Penelope
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Wife of Odysseus
8
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Telemachus
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Son of Odysseus
9
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Muses
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Daughters of Zeus
10
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Poseidon
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God of the seas
11
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Calypso
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Nymph
12
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Hermes
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Messenger god
13
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Athena
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Goddess of war and wisdom
14
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Alcinous
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King of the Phaeacians
15
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Laertes
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Odysseus’s father
16
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Polyphemus
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Cyclops; Son of Poseidon
17
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Aeolus
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King of the winds
18
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Circe
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Witch who turns Odysseus’s men into pigs
19
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Polites
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Man who decides that Circe is safe
20
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Eurylochus
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Man who doesn’t believe Circe but eats the cattle
21
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Teiresias
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Blind prophet
22
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Death & Persephone
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Rulers of the Underworld
23
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Anticlea
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Mother of Odysseus
24
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Elpenor
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Odysseus’s servant who does not receive a proper burial
25
Scylla
Monster with twelve tentacles and six heads
26
Charybdis
Monster who causes whirlpools
27
Lord Helios
Sun god
28
Sirens
Women who sing to lure men to their deaths
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Lampetia
Daughter of Lord Helios
30
Eameaus
Swineherd
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Philoetius
Cowherd
32
Argos
Odysseus’s ever-faithful dog
33
Eurycleia
Odysseus’s servant
34
Antinous
Meanest suitor who hits Odysseus with a stool
35
Eurymachus
Suitor who promises compensation for freedom
36
Actoris
Slave who was a gift from Penelope’s father
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Zeus
God of sky and justice
38
Hera
queen; wife of Zeus
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Aphrodite
God of loooveee
