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Cassandra
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Ancient princess of troy, priestess and prophetess.
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Poseidon
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God of the sea. As the suitors are Odysseus's mortal antagonists, Poseidon is his divine antagonist. He despises Odysseus for blinding his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus, and constantly hampers his journey home. Ironically, Poseidon is the patron of the seafaring Phaeacians, who ultimately help to return Odysseus to Ithaca
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Nestor
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King of Pylos and a former warrior in the Trojan War. Like Odysseus, Nestor is known as a clever speaker. Telemachus visits him in Book 3 to ask about his father, but Nestor knows little of Odysseus's whereabouts.
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Menelaus
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King of Sparta, brother of Agamemnon, and husband of Helen, he helped lead the Greeks in the Trojan War. He offers Telemachus assistance in his quest to find Odysseus when Telemachus visits him.
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Circe
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The beautiful witch-goddess who transforms Odysseus's crew into swine when he lands on her island. With Hermes' help, Odysseus resists Circe's powers and then becomes her lover, living in luxury at her side for a year.
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Sirens
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were three dangerous bird-women, portrayed as seductresses, who lived on an island called Sirenum Scopuli
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Hermes
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God of travellers, Messenger of the gods; son of Zeus
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Centaurs
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half man, half horse.
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Athena
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Daughter of Zeus and goddess of wisdom, purposeful battle, and the womanly arts. Athena assists Odysseus and Telemachus with divine powers throughout the epic, and she speaks up for them in the councils of the gods on Mount Olympus. She often appears in disguise as Mentor, an old friend of Odysseus.
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Cyclops
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one eyed monsters
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Achillis
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Son of the mortal man Peleus and the sea goddess Thetis, Achilles is the best warrior at the siege of Troy. Odysseus encounters his shade (spirit) in the underworld in Book 11 while waiting for the seer Tiresias to tell him how he is to return home after being delayed for ten years.
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Telemachus
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Odysseus's son. An infant when Odysseus left for Troy, Telemachus is about twenty at the beginning of the story. He is a natural obstacle to the suitors desperately courting his mother, but despite his courage and good heart, he initially lacks the poise and confidence to oppose them. His maturation, especially during his trip to Pylos and Sparta in Books 3 and 4, provides a subplot to the epic. Athena often assists him.
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Nausicaa
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The beautiful daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete of the Phaeacians. Nausicaa discovers Odysseus on the beach at Scheria and, out of budding affection for him, ensures his warm reception at her parents' palace.
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Penelope
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Wife of Odysseus and mother of Telemachus. Penelope spends her days in the palace pining for the husband who left for Troy twenty years earlier and never returned. Homer portrays her as sometimes flighty and excitable but also clever and steadfastly true to her husband.
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Aegisthus
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The son of Thyestes and lover of Clytemnestra. He helped Clytemnestra kill her husband Agamemnon upon Agamemnon's return from the Trojan War.
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Persephone
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Goddess of the Underworld
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Eurycleia
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The aged and loyal servant who nursed Odysseus and Telemachus when they were babies. Eurycleia is well informed about palace intrigues and serves as confidante to her masters. She keeps Telemachus's journey secret from Penelope, and she later keeps Odysseus's identity a secret after she recognizes a scar on his leg.
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Hephaestus
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God of fire and craftsmanship
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Polyphemus
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One of the Cyclopes (uncivilized one-eyed giants) whose island Odysseus comes to soon after leaving Troy. Polyphemus imprisons Odysseus and his crew and tries to eat them, but Odysseus blinds him through a clever ruse and manages to escape. In doing so, however, Odysseus angers Polyphemus's father, Poseidon
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Agamemnon
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Former king of Mycenae, brother of Menelaus, and commander of the Achaean forces at Troy. Odysseus encounters Agamemnon's spirit in Hades. Agamemnon was murdered by his wife, Clytemnestra, and her lover, Aegisthus, upon his return from the war. He was later avenged by his son Orestes. Their story is constantly repeated in the Odyssey to offer an inverted image of the fortunes of Odysseus and Telemachus.
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Eumaeus
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The loyal shepherd who, along with the cowherd Philoetius, helps Odysseus reclaim his throne after his return to Ithaca. Even though he does not know that the vagabond who appears at his hut is Odysseus, Eumaeus gives the man food and shelter.
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Helen
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Wife of Menelaus and queen of Sparta. Helen's abduction from Sparta by the Trojans sparked the Trojan War. Her beauty is without parallel, but she is criticized for giving in to her Trojan captors and thereby costing many Greek men their lives. She offers Telemachus assistance in his quest to find his father.
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Antinous
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The most arrogant of Penelope's suitors. Antinous leads the campaign to have Telemachus killed. Unlike the other suitors, he is never portrayed sympathetically, and he is the first to die when Odysseus returns.
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Apollo
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(Phoebus, Helios) God of the sun, arts & medicine; twin of Artemis, son of Zeus
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No man
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What Odysseus says his name is to try and escape from the Cyclops.
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Laertes
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Odysseus's aging father, who resides on a farm in Ithaca. In despair and physical decline, Laertes regains his spirit when Odysseus returns and eventually kills Antinous's father.
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Scylla
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A sea monster of gray rock
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Charybdis
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Whirlpool that pulls ships under
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Lotus-eaters
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Odysseus and his men get addicted to eating.
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Moly
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A herb which can resist sorceries. It was given by Hermes to Odysseus when the latter was stranded on the Isle of Aea and half his men were turned into swine by Circe. Odysseus had to consume the herb to be able to face Circe and force her to undo her sorceries.
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Ithaca
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Home of Odyyseus.
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Calypso
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The beautiful nymph who falls in love with Odysseus when he lands on her island-home of Ogygia. Calypso holds him prisoner there for seven years until Hermes, the messenger god, persuades her to let him go.
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Zeus
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King of gods and men, who mediates the disputes of the gods on Mount Olympus. Zeus is occasionally depicted as weighing men's fates in his scales. He sometimes helps Odysseus or permits Athena to do the same.
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Argos
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a dog that Odysseus trained before leaving for Troy
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Teiresias
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A Theban prophet who inhabits the underworld. Tiresias meets Odysseus when Odysseus journeys to the underworld in Book 11. He shows Odysseus how to get back to Ithaca and allows Odysseus to communicate with the other souls in Hades.
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Alcinous
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King of the Phaeacians, who offers Odysseus hospitality in his island kingdom of Scheria. Alcinous hears the story of Odysseus's wanderings and provides him with safe passage back to Ithaca
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Sisyphus
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was the son of Aeolus and Enarete, husband of Merope, and King/Founder of Ephyra (Corinth). According to some (later) sources, he was the father of Odysseus by Anticlea, before she married her later husband, Laertes.
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Aeolus
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the god-made king of the winds
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Hyperion
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is one of the twelve Titan gods of Ancient Greece, which were later supplanted by the Olympians. He was the son of Gaia (the physical incarnation of Earth) and Uranus (literally meaning 'the Sky'), and was referred to in early mythological writings as Helios Hyperion, 'Sun High-one'
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Anticleia
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Odysseus' mother, she dies grieving her son's long absence and sees him only during his visit to the Land of the Dead
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Eurymachus
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A manipulative, deceitful suitor. Eurymachus's charisma and duplicity allow him to exert some influence over the other suitors.
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Eurylochus
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sailor who persuades the others to eat the Sun God's cattle
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Clytemnestra
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the wife of Agamemnon, king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Mycenae or Argos.
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Philoeteus
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the primary cowherd of Odysseus. On the protagonist's return to Ithaca, he stands with Odysseus against the suitors of his wife, Penelope.
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Elpenor
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was a comrade of Odysseus. Elpenor was not especially notable for his intelligence or strength, but he survived the Trojan War, and appears in the Odyssey. He is the youngest man to survive the Laestrygonians. While Odysseus was staying on Aeaea, Circe's island, Elpenor became drunk and climbed onto the roof of Circe's palace to sleep. The next morning, waking upon hearing his comrades making preparations to travel to Hades, he forgot he was on the roof and fell to his death.
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Aeaea
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was a possibly mythological island said to be the home of the sorceress Circe. Odysseus tells Alcinous that he stayed here for a year on his way home to Ithaca.
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Penelopes house his full of men who want to ...
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marry her
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Odysseus has not returned from the...
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Trojan War.
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What did Odysseus use when escaping the cyclops?
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courage and wit
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Hermes
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messenger of the gods
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3 main deates
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Zues, Athena, and Poseidon.
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Odysseus is a captive on..
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Ogygia, Calypso's Island.
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Athena suggests that ... search for Odysseus
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Telemachus
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Menelaus tells Telemachus of Odyssues' ...
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fate
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Odysseus has been a captive for... years
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seven
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Shipwrecked Odysseus is found by...
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Nausicaa
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Odysseus has been cursed by the...
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Cyclops
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Odysseus had lost .. ships to the ...
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eleven, Laestrygonians
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Circe had changed Odysseus' men into...
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swine
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Circe had given Odysseus directions to...
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Hades, the underworld
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Teiresias had revealed that...
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Odysseus would return to his home
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Odysseus had lost the rest of his men when...
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they killed the sacred cattle
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The Phaeacians take Odysseus to...
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Ithaca.
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Athena disguises Odysseus as..
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an old beggar
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Odysseus id given shelter by...
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Eumaeus the swineheard
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Odysseus first reveals himself to...
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Telemachus
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Eurycleia recongnizes Odysseus because of ...
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a scar.
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The man who can string Odysseus' bow will...
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marry Penelope.
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The only one who can string the bow is...
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Odysseus
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... kills the suiters
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Odysseus
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Odysseus tells Penelope...
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the secret of their bed.
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The final battle is halted by...
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the gods
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What started the trojan war?
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when Paris kidnapped Helen
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How long are the men on Circe's island?
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1 year
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Who aided Odysseus?
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Athena
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What is the greatest sin?
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hubris(pride)
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Autolycus
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Odysseus' grandfather
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Epithet
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descriptive phrase that describes a character in the epic
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Polytheasm
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many gods
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When does the action of the Odyssey take place?
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imediatly after trojan war until 10 years later
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Antinuos
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first suiter killed
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What was they Odyssey based off of?
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myth and history
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When was the Odyssey written?
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800 BC
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Muses
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(9) prayed to for help
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Penelope was considered...
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faithfull or prudent
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What was the liquid drink of gods?
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nectar
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Aires
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goddess of discord
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Elpenor
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fell off roof of Circe's house and remained unburried
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Cronos
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father of Zues
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Homers works were used to...
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teach virtues in Greece
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Scylla
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female monster and rock
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What was the evil omen for suiters?
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eagle
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Corriptus
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whirlpool
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Hephaestus
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blacksmith of gods
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Vivation
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wine, drink, liquid poured on the ground as a sacrifice
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Who determined the fate of Greek heroes?
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gods
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Greek name for Troy
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Illium or Illion
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Icillis
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half mortal/half immortal
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theme
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triumph over temptation
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Cyciphus
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had to roll a rock up a hill as punishment
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