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47 Cards in this Set
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Odysseus
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Endures a long journey from Troy to Ithaca; protagonist
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Telemachus
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Tries to rescue his mother from the suitors in Ithaca
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Penelope
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Wife of Odysseus, Mother of Telemachus
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Athena
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Daughter of Zeus; goddess of wisdom; helps both Telemachus and Odysseus
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Zeus
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Father of all gods and goddesses; god of the heavens
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Poseidon
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God of the sea; tries to get revenge on Odysseus for the blinding of Polyphemus
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Antinous
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Leader of the suitors
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Eurymachus
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Shows influence over other suitors
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Amphinomus
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Only decent suitor wanting to marry Penelope
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Eumaeus
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The shepard who helps Odysseus
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Calypso
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The nymph who imprisons Odysseus for 7 years
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Polyphemus
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The cyclops Odysseus blinds
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Circe
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The sorceress who turns Odysseus's men to swine
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Laertes
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Odysseus's father
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Tiresias
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Theban prophet in the Underworld
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Nestor
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King of Pylos who gives Odysseus the bag of winds
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Menelaus
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King of Sparta, brother of Agamemnon, husband of Helen
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Agamemnon
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Former king of Mycene, killed by Clytemnestra
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Helen
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Wife of Menelaus, Queen of Sparta
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Nausicaa
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Daughter of King Alcinous, finds Odysseus and takes him in
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Alcinous
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King of Phaeacians who offers Odysseus hospitality
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Arete
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Queen of Phaeacians
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Eurycleia
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Loyal servant to Penelope
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Achilles
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Immortal man, vulnerable only in his achillies region
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Aeaea
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Island home of Circe
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Aeolia
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Island ruled by Aeolus
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Aeolus
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Master of the winds
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Atrides
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"Son of Atreus"
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Cassandra
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Lover of Agamemnon
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Charybdis
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Monster in the form of a giant whirlpool
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Clashing Rocks
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Legendary rocks near Scylla and Charybdis
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Cronus
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Titan; son of Uranus; Father of Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter
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Cyclops
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Cannibal clan of one-eyed giants
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Demodocus
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Blind singer of the Phaeacians
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Elpenor
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Companion of Odysseus who was given a proper burial
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Laestrygonians
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Legendary clan of cannibals
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Lotus-Eaters
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Legendary people who live on a plant who's fruit induces stupor and forgetfulness of home
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Mentor
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Impersonation name taken by Athena
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Muse
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Daughter of Zeus; one of the nine who preside over all literature
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Pallas
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Epithet of Athena
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Orestes
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Son of Agamemnon; avenger of his father
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Phoebus
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Epithet of Apollo
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Priam
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King of Troy
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Scylla
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Man eating monster that lives across from Charybdis in a cave
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Sirens
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Enchanters of the sea
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Sparta
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Capital city of Lacedaemon
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Styx
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River in the Underworld by which the Gods swear binding oaths
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