Ap Lit: Odyssey Names

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collective name for all Greek peoples including Ithakans

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Achaeans

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great hero of Troy who chooses to sulk in his tent until his best frien is killed; he kills Hector; then is killed with an arrow to his heel

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Achilles

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son of Thyestes, seducer of Clytemnestra and murdere of Agamemnom; he is killed by Orestes (son of Agamemnon)

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Aegisthus

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island of Aeolus, master of winds

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Aeolia

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king of Mycenae, son of Atreus, husband of Clytemnestra, murdered by her and her lover

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Agamemnon

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brother of Menelaus, supreme commander of all of Achea's armies

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Aegisthus

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great Greek warrior defeated by Odysseus in the contest for Achilles' armor

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Ajax

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king of the Phaeacians, husband of Arete, father of Nausicaa

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Alcinous

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suitor killed by Telemachus, in the underworld his shade reports the death of the suiotors to the shade of Agamemnon

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Amphimedon

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suitor killed by Telemachus and a favorite of Penelope, wants to spare Telemachus when other suitors plot to kill him

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Amphinomus

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wife of Laertes, mother of Odysseus

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Anticleia

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son of Eupithes, one of two leading suitors

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Antinous

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king of Laestrygonians

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Antiphates

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goddess of love, daughter or Zeus, wife of Hephaistos

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Aphrodite

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son of Zeus and Leto, patron of the arts, especialy music and poetry, god of archery (festival day in Ithaka when Odysseus kills the suitors, "lord of the silver bow")

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Apollo

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son of Zeus and Hera, god of war, lover of Aphrodite

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Ares

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queen of Phaeacia, wife of Alcinoos, mother of Nausicaa

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Arete

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dog of Odysseus

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Argos

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goddess daughter of Zeus (sprung from his head) defender of the Achaeans. Patron of wisdom, human ingenuity and resourcefulness. Odysseus was her favorite

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Pallas Athena

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son of Atreus: referring both to Agamemnon and Menelaus

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Atrides (Atrididae)

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goddess-nymph, daughter of Atlas, amakes home on Ogygia where she has held Odysseus captive for 7 years

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Calypso

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daughter of Priam and Hecuba, lover of Agamemnon murdered with him by Aegisthus and Clytemnestra

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Cassandra

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boatman who ferries shades to the underworld across river Styx

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Charon

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monster in the form of a giant whirlpool, located across from Scylla

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Charybdis

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Trojan allies, living in Thrace, north of Troy

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Cicones

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godess and enchantress of Aiaia, who changes men to swine: ultimately gives Odysseus guidance toward home

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Circe

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legendary and lethal rocks or cliffs, near Scylla and Charybdis

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Clashing rocks

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daughter of Leda and Tyndareus, siter of Helen, queen of Argos, wife of Agamemnon, lover or Aegisthus, mother of Orestes

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Clytemnestra

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cannibal clan of one-eyed giants; also a name for Polyphemos

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Cyclops

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godess of the morning, wife of Tithonus

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Dawn (Aurora)

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Hades, god of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus

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Death

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blind singer of the Phaeacians whose songs of Troy brings tears to Odysseus

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Demodocus

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old servant, attached to Penelope, father of Melanthius and Melantho

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Dolius

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sea-nymph, daughter of Proteus who reveals her father's secrets to Menelaus

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Eidothea

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companion of Odysseus, dies on Circe's island in humorous circumstances

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Elpenor

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distant home of the fortunate after death

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Elysian Fields

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son of Ares and Aphrodite, God of love who carries bow and arrow

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Eros

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swineherd of Odysseus who greatly loves Odysseus and Telemachus; confidant of Telemachus during his father's absence

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Eumaeus

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old nurse of Odysseus and Telemachus, attendant of Penelope

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Eurycleia

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kin of Odysseus and his second in command, only one to escape Circe's spell

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Eurylochus

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one of two leading suitors, killed by Odysseus

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Eurymachbus

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housekeeper of Penelope (good)

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Eurynome

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Ithacan elder with prophetic powers

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Halitherses

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daughter of Zeus and Leda, sister of Clytemnestra, wife of Menelaus, consort of Paris.

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helen

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the Sun

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Helios

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god of fire, great artificer, son of Hera, husband of Aphrodite, lame according to some myths because his mother or father threw him from Mt. Olympus

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Hephaestus

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son of Zeus and Alcema; hero of the Labors who after death divides his time between the underworld and Olympus

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Heracles

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son of Zeus and maia, messenger of the gods, giant killer, and guide of dead souls to the underworld

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Hermes (GOD OF SPARKLES)

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daughter of Menelaus and Helen

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Hermione

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father of Penelope and brother of Tyndareus

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Icarius

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goddess of the rainbow

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Iris

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Ithakan beggar who challenges Odysseus

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Irus

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people of Ithaka, island home of Odysseus

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Ithacans

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city and kingdom of Menelaus, in southern Peloponnese

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Lacedaemon

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son of Arcesius, husband of Anticleia, father of Odysseus

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Laertes

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legendary clan of giant cannibals

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Laestrygonians

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Phaeacian prince, son of Alcinous and Arete

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Laodamas

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legendary people visited by Odysseus who live on a plant whose fruit induces stupor and forgetfulness of home

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Lotus-eaters

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herald (crier) of Odysseus on Ithaka

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Medon

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(bad) goatherd, son of Dolius

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Melanthius

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daughter of Dolius, slattern maid of Penelope

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Melantho

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son of Atreus, king of Lacedaemon, brother of Agamemnon and husband of Helen

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Menelaus

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king of Taphians: his name and form is assumed by Athena in Ithaka

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Mentes

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Ithacan friend of Odysseus charged with care of Telemachus; his name and form are also assumed by Athena

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Mentor

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god of sleep and dreams

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Morpheus

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Agamemnon's capital to the north of the city of Argos

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Mycenae

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daughter of Alcinous and Artet who gives Odysseus important advice

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Nausicaa

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son of Achilles; married to Hermione

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Neoptolemus

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son of Neleus; king of Pylos visited by Telemachus; oldest of Achaean chieftans, master charioteer in Trojan War

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Nestor

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son of Laertes and Anticleia, husband of Penelope, father of Telemachus, King of Ithaca and surrounding islands

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Odysseus

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son of Laius and Jocasta, her husband as well, King of Thebes

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Oedipus

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island in center of sea home to Calypso: Odysseus is held captive as epic poem begins

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Ogygia

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son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, avenger of his father, matricide

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Orestes

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epithet for Athena

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Pallas

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brother-in-arms of Achilles; killed wearing Achilles' armor by Hector at Troy

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Patroclus

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daughter of Icarius, wife of odysseus, mother of Telemachus, queen of Ithaca

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Penelope

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subjects of Alcinous and Arete

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Phaeacians

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faithful minstrel in Odysseus' house

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Phemius

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faithful cowherd who assists Odysseus in slaughter of suitors

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Philoetius

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Ithacan friend of Telemachus, host of Theoclymenus

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Piraeus

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son of Nestor who accompanies Telemachus to Sparta to visit Menelaus and Helen in search for news of his father

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Pisistratus

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Cyclops, son of Poseidon and Thoosa, blinded by Odysseus

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Polyphemus

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god of sea, son of Cronus and Rhea, younger brother of Zeus, throughout the Odyssey a powerful enemy of Odysseus

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Poseidon

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dispensed by Circe, powerful medicine

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Pramnian wine

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Old Man of the Sea, servant of Poseidon, keeper of Poseidon's seals, can change form and shape

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Proteus

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island of the Phaecians

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Scheria

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man-eating monster that lives in cliffside cavern opposite whirlpool of Charybdis

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Scylla

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enchantresses of the sea whose songs tempt sailors to ruin

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Sirens

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legendary figure doomed in the underworld to roll a boulder up an incline but forever failing to reach the crest

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Sisyphus

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capital city of Lacedaemon, home of Menelaus and Helen

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Sparta

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river in the underworld by which gods swear to their binding oaths

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Styx

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legendary figure doomed to eternal thirst and hunger in underworld

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Tantalus

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infernal regions far below Hades

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Tartarus

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blind seer of Thebes who retains his prophetic powers in the underworld

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Tiresias

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son of Odysseus and Penelope, heir to throne of Ithaca

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Telemachus

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prophet befriended by Telemachus

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Theclymenus

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sea-goddess, daughter of Netreus, married to Peleus and by him mother of Achilles

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Thetis

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legendary figure doomed to eternal torture in the underworld for having violated Leto, mother of Artemis and Apollo

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Tityus

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king of gods, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother and husband of Hera, fathert of Lympians. Sky, weather, hopitality, rights of guests, punishment of injustice, omens, governance of the universe. Eagle and thunderbolts.

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Zeus