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Aegisthus
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Son of Thyestes and his daughter Pelopia,
he became Clytemnestra's lover slain by Orestes |
O
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Alcinous
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King of Phaeacians
Husband of Arete, father of Nausicaa recived Odysseus on his island Scheria |
O
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Arete
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wife of Alcinous
noted for wisdom and hospitality |
O
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Anticleia
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Mother of Odysseus
died mourning O from Ithaca reunited in Hades |
O
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Autolycus
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hermes' son
O's grandfather |
O
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Calypso
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minor goddess
held O captive for 7 years Ogygia |
O
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Charybdis
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female monster in Straits of Messina
paired with Scylla whirlpool |
O
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Circe
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enchantress
turned O's men to swine gave advice to O before Hades warned him of monsters |
O
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Clytemnestra
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Agamemnon's wife
murdered him along with Aegisthus |
O
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Demodocus
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minstrel who sang of Trojan War in King Alcinous' court
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O
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Ithaca
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Island kingdom of Odysseus
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O
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Laertes
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Father of Odysseus
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O
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Nausicaa
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found shipwrecked O
befriended him at Phaeanician court |
O
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Ogygia
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island of Calypso
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O
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Orestes
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son of Agamemnon
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O
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Penelope
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wife of Odysseus
"victorious heroine" loyal, prudent |
O
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Polyphemus
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cyclops
O blinded him when he ate his men cursed O with help of father Poseidon |
O
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Scylla
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female monster
guarded Straits of Messina multiarmed- ate anything in reach |
O
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Sirens
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half-bird
half-women deadly song to lure sailors to their doom |
O
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Telemachus
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son of Odysseus and Penelope
helped O destroy his mother's 100 suitors |
O
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Tiresias
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Blind Theban prophet
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O
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Achaeans
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Greeks
Argives or Danaans |
i
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Achilles
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son of Thetis and Peleus
momma's boy Greek's best warrior slays Hektor leads to downfall- heel anger, rage, pride |
i
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Agamemnon
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brother of Menelaus
general of Greek forces murdered by wife Clytemnestra |
i
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Ajax
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Greek warrior
went insane after losing a contest to Odysseus for Achilles' armor |
i
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Andromache
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wife of Hektor
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i
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Briseis
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daughter of Brises
Trojan girl spoils of Achilles Agamemnon confiscated |
i
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Calchas
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prophet who accompanied Achaeans
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i
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Cassandra
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Apollo's virgin prophet
spoils of Agamemnon "bride of death" brought back to Argos- Clytemnestra murdered her |
i
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Chryseis
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daughter of Chryses
Agamemnon refused to return her to father provoked rage of Apollo when not returned |
i
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Diomede
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young Greek fighter
fought Ares and Aphrodite with help of Athena |
i
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Dorians
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Greek people
distinct language controlled Argos and sparta |
i
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Eris
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personification of strife
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i
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Glaucus
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foolish trojan
traded gold armor for ajax' bronze |
i
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Hektor
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Chief defender of Troy
abandoned by Apollo slained by Achilles |
i
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Hecuba
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Queen of Troy
mother of Hektor, Paris, Cassandra |
i
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Helen
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wife of Menelaus
cause of war- fuckin Paris father made all suitors uphold her marriage--united all greeks in war |
i
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Homer
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poet of Iliad and Odyssey
father of epic poetry |
i
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Ichor
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colorless liquid "blood" of gods
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i
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Judgement of Paris
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decision of trojan prince Paris, to give the golden apple to
ensured downfall of troy |
i
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Laocoon
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trojan priest who warned against taking the wooden horse
crushed by giant sea serpants sent by a god |
i
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Leda
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Wife of Tyndareus
mother of Helen, Clytemnestra, Castor and Pollux |
i
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Menelaus
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king of sparta
husband of Helen younger brother of Agamemnon |
i
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Odysseus
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Son of Laertes and Anticleia
husband of Penelope King of Itacha father of Telemachus Athena's fav wiley, adaptable, ingenious |
i
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Palladium
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statue of Athena thought to protect Troy
Odysseus stole it- Troy fell |
i
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Paris
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Trojan Prince
kidnapped Helen sealed Troy's doom |
i
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Patroclus
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beloved friend of Achilles
his death made Achilles return to the fight |
i
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Peleus
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mortal who married Thetis
-she abandoned him when he aged Achilles' father |
i
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Priam
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King of Troy
father of Hektor, Paris, Cassandra |
i
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Sinon
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In Aeneid, Greek spy who persuaded the Trojans to take the wooden horse
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i
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Thetis
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sea nymph who married Peleus
mothered Achilles |
i
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Trojan War
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10 years
led by Agamemnon to rescue Helen from Paris |
i
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Trojan Horse
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wooden horse that hid Odysseus and other Greeks
pretended to leave troy trojans had to tear down walls in order to bring it in |
i
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Tyndareus
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king of sparta
father of Helen |
i
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