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Aegisthus
Son of Thyestes and his daughter Pelopia,

he became Clytemnestra's lover

slain by Orestes
O
Alcinous
King of Phaeacians
Husband of Arete, father of
Nausicaa

recived Odysseus on his island Scheria
O
Arete
wife of Alcinous

noted for wisdom and hospitality
O
Anticleia
Mother of Odysseus

died mourning O from Ithaca

reunited in Hades
O
Autolycus
hermes' son

O's grandfather
O
Calypso
minor goddess

held O captive for 7 years
Ogygia
O
Charybdis
female monster in Straits of Messina
paired with Scylla

whirlpool
O
Circe
enchantress
turned O's men to swine

gave advice to O before Hades
warned him of monsters
O
Clytemnestra
Agamemnon's wife

murdered him along with Aegisthus
O
Demodocus
minstrel who sang of Trojan War in King Alcinous' court
O
Ithaca
Island kingdom of Odysseus
O
Laertes
Father of Odysseus
O
Nausicaa
found shipwrecked O

befriended him at Phaeanician court
O
Ogygia
island of Calypso
O
Orestes
son of Agamemnon
O
Penelope
wife of Odysseus

"victorious heroine"

loyal, prudent
O
Polyphemus
cyclops

O blinded him when he ate his men

cursed O with help of father Poseidon
O
Scylla
female monster
guarded Straits of Messina

multiarmed- ate anything in reach
O
Sirens
half-bird
half-women

deadly song to lure sailors to their doom
O
Telemachus
son of Odysseus and Penelope

helped O destroy his mother's 100 suitors
O
Tiresias
Blind Theban prophet
O
Achaeans
Greeks

Argives or Danaans
i
Achilles
son of Thetis and Peleus
momma's boy

Greek's best warrior

slays Hektor
leads to downfall- heel

anger, rage, pride
i
Agamemnon
brother of Menelaus

general of Greek forces

murdered by wife Clytemnestra
i
Ajax
Greek warrior

went insane after losing a contest to Odysseus for Achilles' armor
i
Andromache
wife of Hektor
i
Briseis
daughter of Brises
Trojan girl

spoils of Achilles
Agamemnon confiscated
i
Calchas
prophet who accompanied Achaeans
i
Cassandra
Apollo's virgin prophet

spoils of Agamemnon

"bride of death"
brought back to Argos- Clytemnestra murdered her
i
Chryseis
daughter of Chryses

Agamemnon refused to return her to father

provoked rage of Apollo when not returned
i
Diomede
young Greek fighter

fought Ares and Aphrodite with help of Athena
i
Dorians
Greek people

distinct language

controlled Argos and sparta
i
Eris
personification of strife
i
Glaucus
foolish trojan

traded gold armor for ajax' bronze
i
Hektor
Chief defender of Troy

abandoned by Apollo

slained by Achilles
i
Hecuba
Queen of Troy

mother of Hektor, Paris, Cassandra
i
Helen
wife of Menelaus

cause of war- fuckin Paris

father made all suitors uphold her marriage--united all greeks in war
i
Homer
poet of Iliad and Odyssey

father of epic poetry
i
Ichor
colorless liquid "blood" of gods
i
Judgement of Paris
decision of trojan prince Paris, to give the golden apple to

ensured downfall of troy
i
Laocoon
trojan priest who warned against taking the wooden horse

crushed by giant sea serpants sent by a god
i
Leda
Wife of Tyndareus

mother of Helen, Clytemnestra, Castor and Pollux
i
Menelaus
king of sparta

husband of Helen

younger brother of Agamemnon
i
Odysseus
Son of Laertes and Anticleia
husband of Penelope
King of Itacha
father of Telemachus

Athena's fav

wiley, adaptable, ingenious
i
Palladium
statue of Athena thought to protect Troy

Odysseus stole it- Troy fell
i
Paris
Trojan Prince
kidnapped Helen

sealed Troy's doom
i
Patroclus
beloved friend of Achilles

his death made Achilles return to the fight
i
Peleus
mortal who married Thetis
-she abandoned him when he aged

Achilles' father
i
Priam
King of Troy

father of Hektor, Paris, Cassandra
i
Sinon
In Aeneid, Greek spy who persuaded the Trojans to take the wooden horse
i
Thetis
sea nymph who married Peleus

mothered Achilles
i
Trojan War
10 years

led by Agamemnon to rescue Helen from Paris
i
Trojan Horse
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
Tyndareus
king of sparta

father of Helen
i