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20 Cards in this Set
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Wet nurse of Odysseus, recognizes scar from hunt with autolycus, reveals unfaithful servants
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Eurycleia
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leader of suitors, first to be killed, son of Eupeithes, worst behaved suitor
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Antinous
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suitor, killed by telemachus, told story of suitors to those in underworld, son of Melaneus
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Amphimedon
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best behaved of the suitors, compelled by athena to stay, son of nisos
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Amphinomus
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king of Phaecians, on Scheria, husband of arete, fathe of Nausicaa, ruled Drepane
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Alcinous
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Phaecian bard sings of trojan war and love of ares and aphrodite, possible self-portrait of homer, blind
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Demodocus
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bard forced to sing for suitors, sparred by Odysseus, sings a wedding song while suitors are killed
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Phemius
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greek eaten by polyphemus
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Antiphus
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king of pylos, son of nestor
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Aretus
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king of the laestrygonians, ruled fron telepylus
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Antiphates
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faithful shepard, first mortal Odysseus meets on his return to ithica, treated as equal to Ctimene gets Mesaulius as servant
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Eumaeus
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thracian tribe who had fought at troy under Euphemos, first group Odysseus encounters
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Cicones
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attendant of Telemachus
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Clytius
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cretan king whom Odysseus pretends to be a son of on his return to ithica
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Deucalion
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suitor killed by swineherd
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Elatus
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father of Antinous, killed by Laeretes when he tries to revolt following death of suitors
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Eupeithes
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suitor of great wealth who threw hoof at Odysseus as a begger, threatened for this by Telemachus, death at hands of Odysseus a return "present"
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Ctesippus
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priest to the suitors, hates thier deeds, begs mercy from Odysseus, is still killed
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Leiodes
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second to Odysseus, warns him of circe, later causes crew to eat cattle, killed with them
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Eurylochus
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only suitor spared by Odysseus, had been polite to penelope when others were rude
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Medon
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