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29 Cards in this Set
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author
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homer
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language
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greek
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date
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800 bc
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zeus
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father god
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poseidon
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zeus brother, god of sea
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athena
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goddess of war/wisdom, protector of odysseus
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hermes
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messenger of gods
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kalypso
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nympg holds odysseus captive 7 years
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odysseus
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king of ithaca
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penelope
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odysseus wife
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telemakhos
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son of penelope/odysseus
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agamemnon
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leader of greeks during trojan war
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klytaimnestra
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wife of agamemnon
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orestes
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son of agamem/klytaim
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aigisthos
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commits adult w/dlytaim
murders agam killed by orestes |
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mentes
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friend of odysseus
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antinoos
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chief suitor
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menelaus
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king of sparta, married to helen
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e1
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raid on kikones
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e2
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lotus eaters
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e3
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cyclops
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e4
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contat with ailos, guardian of winds
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e5
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isle of laistrogones
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e6
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kirke
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e7
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teiresias
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e8
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back to kirke's to bury elpanor
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e9
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seirenes
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e10
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skylla and kharybdis
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e11
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helios cattle
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