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69 Cards in this Set
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Achilles
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Leader of Greeks in Trojan War
Slain by Paris Talks to Odysseus in Hades |
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Aeaea
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Island on which Circe lives
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Aegisthus
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Seduces Clytemnestra
Helps slay Agamemnon Killed by Orestes |
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Aeolus
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King of Aeolia
Keeper of the Winds |
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Agamemnon
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Brother of Menelaus
Commander of Greeks in Trojan Killed by Clytemnestra for sacrificing his daughter |
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Alcinous
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King of Phaeacians
Grandson of Poseidon Safe transport to Ithaca |
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Amphinomus
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Convinces suitors to not kill Telemechus
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Anticleia
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Wife of Laertes
Mother of Odysseus Speaks to Odysseus in Hades |
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Antinous
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Leader of suitors
Killed first |
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Aphrodite
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Goddess of love and beauty
Caught in an affair with Ares by Hephaestus |
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Apollo
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God of music and arts
Suitors killed on the day of his festival |
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Ares
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God of War
Lover of Aphrodite |
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Arete
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Queen of Phaeacians
Odysseus kneels to her first |
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Argus
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Odysseus' dog
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Artemis
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Goddess of hunt and moon
Slaughterer of female mortals |
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Athena
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Goddess of wisdom and battle
Helps Odysseus and Telemechus |
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Atreus
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Father of Agamemnon and Menelaus
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Autolycus
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Grandfather of Odysseus
Named him |
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Calypso
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Detains Odysseus for seven years
Offers him immortality |
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Cassandra
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Trojan princess and phrophet
War prize of Agamemnon |
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Charybdis
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Whirlpool situated opposite Scylla
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Circe
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Turns Odysseus' men into pigs
Him and his men stay on her island for a year |
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Clytemnestra
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Kills Agamemnon for sacrificing Iphigeneia
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Cyclopes
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Polyphemus, one-eyed, man eating giant
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Demodocus
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Blind singer of Phaeacia
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Elpenor
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Falls off Circe's roof and dies after falling asleep
In Hades, asks Odysseus for a proper funeral |
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Eupeithes
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Killed by Laertes after trying to rally suitors against Odysseus
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Eurycleia
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Nurse to Odysseus
Recognizes scars on thigh |
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Eurylochus
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Informs Odysseus of Circe's powers
Incites crew to slaughter Helios' cattle |
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Eurymachus
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One of Penelope's suitors
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Hades
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God of Underworld and name of Underworld
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Helen
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Wife of Menelaus
Given to Paris by Aphrodite |
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Helios
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The Sun God
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Hephaestus
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God of fire
Marries Aphrodite Makes Achilles' armor |
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Hera
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Queen of Oylmpian gods
Goddess of childbirth and marriage |
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Hermes
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Messenger of the gods and guide to mortal travelers
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Irus
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Loses a boxing match to Odysseus
Ithacan beggar |
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Ithaca
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Odysseus's homeland
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Laertes
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Father of Odysseus
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Laestrygonians
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Giant cannibals who eat Odysseus' crew and destroy all his ships
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Melanthius
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Odysseus'goat herder
Killed for disloyalty |
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Melantho
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Handmaid of Penelope
Affair with Eurymachus Hung for betrayal |
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Menelaus
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Brother of Agamemnon
Husband of Helen |
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Mentes
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Athena acts like Mentes when she first appears to Telemachus
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Mentor
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Looks over Odysseus' house while he is gone
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Mycenae
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ruled by Agamemnon
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Nausicca
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Phaeacian princess
Discovers Odysseus |
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Nestor
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King of Pylos
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Ogygia
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Calypso's island
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Olympus
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home of the gods
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Orestes
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Kills Clytemnestra in revenge for her killing his father and her lover, Aegisthus
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Peisistratus
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Youngest son of Nestor
Accompanies Telemachus to Sparta |
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Penelope
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Wife of Odysseus
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Phaeacians
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Descendants of Poseidon
Remarkable sea faring skills |
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Phemius
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Bard in Ithaca
Remains faithful to Laertes |
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Polyphemus
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Son of Poseidon
Blinded by Odysseus |
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Poseidon
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God of the sea
Curses Odysseus |
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Proteus
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Shape shifting sea god
Associated with island of Pharos |
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Pylos
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City ruled by Nestor
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Scheria
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Phaeacians' island
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Scylla
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Half female / Half six headed dog
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Sirens
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Female heads, bird bodies
Irresistible songs |
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Sisyphus
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Pushes huge stone in Hades
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Sparta
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Ruled by Menelaus
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Tantalus
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Everlasting hunger and thirst
Served gods the flesh of his son |
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Telemachus
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Son of Odysseus and Penelope
"Battle from afar" |
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Thrinacia
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Helios' cattle pastured
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Tiresias
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Seer who councels Odysseus in Hades
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Troy
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Conquered by Greeks in the Tojan War
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