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76 Cards in this Set
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Aeaea
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Where Circe lives
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Aegisthus
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killed Agamemnon
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Agamemnon
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Murdered by Clytemnestra- commander at Troy
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Alcinous
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King of Phaecians
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Antinous
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leader of suitors
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Anticlea
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Mother of Odysseus
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Aphrodite
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goddess of love and beauty
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Apollo
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God of the sun and archery- twin of Artemis
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Ares
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god of war
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Arete
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queen of Phaecia
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Argos
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dog of Odysseus
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Athena
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goddess of wisdom
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Broadsea
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makes fun of Odysseus for his apparent lack of athletic prowess...which apparently becomes apparent two pages later...
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Calypso
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nymph who holds Odysseus captive
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Charybdis
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the whirlpool monster
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Cimmerians
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live by Underworld
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Circe
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Goddess who changes men into swine.
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Clytemnestra
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Wife of Agamemnon- killed Agamemnon
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Cyclops
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Son of Poseidon- 1 eyed giant
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Dawn
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.....dawn.
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Demodocus
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Phaecian bard
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Elpenor
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Falls off of roof when drunk
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Eumaeus
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the loyal swineherd
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Eurycleia
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nurse of Odysseus and Telemachus
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Eurylochus
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second in command to Odysseus- runs back to warn him when the men encounter Circe
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Eurymachus
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a suitor
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Helen
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wife of Menelaus- "the face that launched a thousand ships"- started Trojan War
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Helios
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Apollo
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Hephaestus
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god of the forge
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Hera
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queen of the gods
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Hermes
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messenger god
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Ino
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Sea nymph- helps Odysseus with the scarf of immortality
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Iphthime
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Penelope's sister
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Ithaca
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Odysseus's kingdom
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Kakoilion
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Troy
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Lacedaemon
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land where Menelaus rules
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Laertes
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father of Odysseus
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Laestrygonians
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cannibals
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Lotus Eaters
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...people who... eat lotus.
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Melanthius
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goatherd- starts fight with the beggar Odysseus
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Melantho
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unfaithful woman in Odysseus' palace
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Menelaus
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husband of Helen
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Mentes
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king of the Taphians
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Mentor
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friend of Odysseus
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Moly
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plant given to Odysseus by Hermes to ward off spell
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Nausicaa
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Daughter of Alcinous and Arete- princess of Phaecia
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Nestor
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father of Pisistratus
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Ogygia
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where Calypso lives
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Orestes
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Agamemnon's son
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Paris
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kidnapper of Helen
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Penelope
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wife of Odysseus
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Phaecians
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ruled by Alcinous and Arete
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Phemius
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Ithacan bard
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Pisistratus
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son of Nestor
Telemachus's friend |
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Polyphemus
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Cyclops
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Poseidon
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god of the sea
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Priam
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king of Troy
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Pylos
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"Sandy Pylos" Nestor's city
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Scheria
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Island where the Phaecians live
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Scylla
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Man-eating monster- lives near Charybdis whirlpool
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Sirens
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Singers who bewitch any who hears them
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Sisyphus
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Lives in the Underworld- doomed to push a boulder up a hill and always failing
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Sparta
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home of Menelaus and Helen
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Tantalus
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lives in the Underworld- doomed to be forever tempted by water and food he cannot reach
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Tiresias
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Underworld- blind seer
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Tityus
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Underworld- doomed to eternal torture
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Zeus
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king of the gods
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Calliope
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muse of epic poems
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Clio
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muse of history
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Euterpe
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muse of music and poetry
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Thalia
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muse of comedy
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Melpomene
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muse of tragedy
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Terpsichore
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muse of dance
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Erato
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muse of love poems
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Polyhymnia
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muse of hymns
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Urania
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muse of astronomy
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