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24 Cards in this Set
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Odysseus’s son.
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Telemachus
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Wife of Odysseus and mother of Telemachus.
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Penelope
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Daughter of Zeus and goddess of wisdom, assists Odysseus and Telemachus
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Athena
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God of the sea, divine antagonist. He despises Odysseus for blinding his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus, and constantly hampers his journey home.
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Poseidon
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King of gods and men, who mediates the disputes of the gods on Mount Olympus
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Zeus
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The most arrogant of Penelope’s suitors. Antinous leads the campaign to have Telemachus killed, the first to die when Odysseus returns.
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Antinous
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The loyal swineherd who, even though he does not know that the begger who appears at his hut is Odysseus, Eumaeus gives the man food and shelter.
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Eumaeus
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loyal servant, she keeps Odysseus’s identity a secret after she recognizes a scar on his leg.
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Eurycleia
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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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Calypso
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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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Polyphemus
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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 her powers and then becomes her lover, living in luxury at her side for a year.
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Circe
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Odysseus’s aging father, who resides on a farm in Ithaca.
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Laertes
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A Theban prophet who inhabits the underworld (Hades).
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Tiresias
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queen of Sparta. Helen’s abduction from Sparta by the Trojans sparked the Trojan War.
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Helen
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The beautiful daughter of King Alcinous. 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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Nausicaa
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King of the Phaeacians, Alcinous hears the story of Odysseus’s wanderings and provides him with safe passage back to Ithaca.
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Alcinous
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Messenger God
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Hermes
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Odysseus’s Dog
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Argos
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God of the sun
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Helios
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Siren with with 6 heads, 12 tentacles and rows of sharp teeth
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Scyllca
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Charybdis
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Whirlpools
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Poseidon's wife
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Amphitrite
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Cannibals
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Laestrygonians
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Warns the men against Circe
convinces men to eat cattle |
Eurylochus
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