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22 Cards in this Set
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Penelope
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Odysseus's wife who is being overrun by the suitors, but she is holding strong and being faithful to Odysseus.
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Odysseus
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King of Ithaca who gets lost on his way home from Troy and encounter many odd obstacles along the way.
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Telemachus
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Son of Odysseus and Prince of Ithaca. He goes on a mini-quest to find his father and when he returns he helps his dad kill the suitors.
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Poseidon
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The god of the sea. he dislikes Odysseus for stabbing his son, the cyclops Polyphemus, in the eye.
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Athena
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The daughter of Zeus. She admires people who are wise because she is the god of wisdom. Thats why she helps Odysseus to get home. Because hes wise.
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Eurocleia
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Old nurse of Odysseus and Telemachus who recognized Odysseus by his scar.
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Nausica
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the Princess of Phaecia. She found Odysseus and helped him look good. She led him to her palace where her parents helped him.
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Menelaus
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Bro of Agammemnon, husband of Helen, king of sparta. Tells telemachus of Calypso's Island
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Helen
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Queen of Sparta, her running away started the Trojan War
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Cyclopes
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Cannibal Clan of one-eyed Giants.
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Polyphemus
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Poseidon's cyclops son, he was blinded by Odysseus and he cursed Odysseus so that he wouldnt return home with his crew.
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Circe
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Goddess of Aeaea. she was a sorcerress who turns people to pigs. had Odysseus stay at her house until they wanted to leave and provided him with instructions of where to go
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Calypso
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goddess/ nymph. she kept Odysseus on her Island and she let him go by decree of the gods.
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The Sirens
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Their songs can tempt sailors to their ruin. They are one of the obstacles he had to face.
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Scylla
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Six-headed man-eating monster who lives in a cave on top of a cliff. this monster picked off 6 of Odysseus's best men and was one of the obstacles he had to face.
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Charybdis
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a giant whirlpool who sucks things in and then spews them back out
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Eurymachus
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One of the leaders of the suitors. The nicest of the suitors. he is the one who plans telemachus's ambush.
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Antinous
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the other leader of the suitors and the richest. he is first to die at the hands of Odysseus.
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Eumaus
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The swineherd who sheltersthe beggar form of Odysseus. later on he fights alongside Odysseus against the suitors
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Melantho
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maid of penelope. she insulted Odysseus.
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Melanthius
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The goatherd. he also insults Odysseus.
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Tiresias
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The Blind prophet of Thebes. he is dead. he tells Odysseus to go to the sun god's cattle ranch but not eat any or the crew will die.
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