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28 Cards in this Set
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Polyphemus
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The cyclops who imprisoned Odysseus
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Antinous
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A leader among the suitors
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Athena
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Goddess of wisdon, skills and warfare
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Persephone
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Wife of Hades
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Amphinomis
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A suitor
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Eurymacnus
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A suitor
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Poseidon
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God of the sea and earthquakes
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Cronus
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Titan ruler of the universe. Father of Zeus
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Tiresias
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A blind prophet who advised Odysseus
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Sirens
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Creatures whos songs lure sailors to their deaths
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Lampetia
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a Nymph
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Circe
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An enchantress who helped Odysseus
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Hermes
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Herald and messenger of the gods
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Scylla
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A sea monster of gray rock
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Telemachus
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Odysseus and Penelope's son
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Odysseus
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King of Ithica
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Zeus
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King of the gods
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Calypso
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A sea goddess who loved Odysseus
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Alcinous
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King of the Phaeacians, to whom Odysseus tells the story
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Perimedes
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A member of odysseus' crew
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Eutynome
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A housekeeper for Penelope
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Charybdis
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An enormous and dangerous whirlpool
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Eurylochus
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Another member of the crew
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Penelope
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Odysseus' wife
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Apollo
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God of music, poetry, and medicine
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Agememnon
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King and leader of the Greek forces
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Laertes
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Odysseus' father
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Eumaeus
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An old swinherd and friend of Odysseus
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