Odyssey Important People And Places

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Achaea

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Mainland Greece

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Aeaea

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Island home of Circe

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Aegisthus

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Murdered Agamemnon, killed by Orestes, in love with Clytemnestra

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Aeolus

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Master of the winds

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Agamemnon

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King of Mycenae

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Alcinous

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King of Phaeacia

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Anticleia

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Odysseus's mother

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Antinous

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One of two leading suitors

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Arete

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Queen of Phaeacia

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Argos

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Dog of Odysseus

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Athena

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Convinces Telemachus to search for his father, favors and protects Odysseus

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Atreus

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Father of Agamemnon and Menelaus

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Calypso

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Goddess-nymph, in love with Odysseus

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Charybdis

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Monster in the form of a giant whirlpool

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Cicones

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Trojan allies who get sacked by Odysseus and his creww

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Circe

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Changes O's men to pigs

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Clytemnestra

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Agamemnon's wife

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Clytemnestra

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Agamemnon's wife

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Cyclops

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One-eyed giant

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Delos

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Aegean island in the Cyclades

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Demodocus

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Blind bard of the Phaeacians

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Elpenor

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Companion of O

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Eumaeus

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Swineherd of O

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Eurycleia

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O's nurse, recognizes his scar

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Eurydice

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Nestor's wife

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Eurymachus

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One of the two leading suitors

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Hermes

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Messenger god, brings message to Calypso to free O

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Laertes

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O's father

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Lotus-eaters

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Visited by O, give his men fruit which depletes their memories

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Menelaus

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Agamemnon's brother

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Mentor

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Ithacan friend of O

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Mycenae

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Agamemnon's capital

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Nausicaa

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Daughter of Alcinous and Arete, in love with O

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Nestor

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King of Pylians

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Ogygia

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Calypso's island

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Orestes

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Son and avenger of Agamemnon

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Penelope

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O's wife

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Perseus

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Nestor's son

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Phaeacia

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Kingdom of Alcinous and Arete known for its sailing

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Pisistratus

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Son of Nestor

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Polyphemus

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Cyclops, blinded by O

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Proteus

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Old man of the Sea

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Scylla

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Man-eating monster with six heads living on a cliffside

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Styx

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River of the underworld

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Tantalus

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Legendary figure doomed in the underworld