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41 Cards in this Set
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Give this message to your king power over the sea and the cruel trident were never his by destiny, but mine
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Neptune/Poseidon
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I have one thing to tell you, over and over again, one thing to warn you of, son of the goddess: make your prayer first of al to Juno's godhead... so in the end in triumph, with Trinaeria left behind, you will be sent to Italy.
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Helenus
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My poor husband, what mad thoughtdrove you to buckle on these weapons? Where are you trying to go? The time is past for help like this, for this kind of defending, even if my own Hector could be here/
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Hecuba
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If any man here violates this gift to great Minerva, then extinction waits, not for one only--would god it were so-but for the realm of Priam and all Phygians
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Sinon
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What object did the Greeks use to sack Troy?
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The Trojan Horse
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Sorrow too deep to tell, your majesty, you order me to feel and tell once more: how the Danaans leveled in the dust the splendor of our mourned-forever kingdom.
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Aeneas
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The rest of you, all in your prime, make your escape; you are still hale and strong. If heaven's lords had wished me a longer span the would have saved this home for me.
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Achisis
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No: the great mother of the gods detains me here on these shores. Farewell now? Cherish still; your son and mine
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Creusa
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Give up what I began? Am I defeated? Am I impotent to keep the King of the Teucrians from Italy? The Fates forbid me, am I to suppose?
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Juno/Hera
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When our native city burned, we others were shipped out through far seas. I bore the pride and insolence of Achilles' warrior son, being brought to bed, in slavery, of his child
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Andromache
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This wound will come from Pallas: Pallas makes this offering and from your criminal blood exacts his due
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Aeneas
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Sister--yes, I knew you long since, when you spoiled the pact by guile and gave yourself to this war.
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Turnus
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With what is Aeneas wounded in book 12?
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An arrow
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Who is king of the Teucrians when Aeneas lands in Italy?
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Evander
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Until now, sister, I was able. Now this would galls me and finishes me...make your escape and take my last command to Turnus
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Camilla
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Who is the great Danish lord whose description begins the poem and sets a standard for good kingship?
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Scyld
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What is the name of the great meadhall of the Danes?
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Hart-hall or Hearot
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Who loans Beowulf the sword?
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Unferth
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Your father once fought the greatest of feuds, laid Heatholaf low, of the Wylfing line; and the folk of the Weders refused hiim shelter for fear of revenge
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Hrothgar
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Beanstan's son made good his boast to the full against you! Therefore, I ween, worse fate shall befall, stout as you are in the struggle of war, in deeds of battle, if you dare to abide encounter with Grendel at coming of night
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Unferth
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Three enemies slain by Beowulf and weapons used to slay them
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Grendel rips off arm
Grendel's dam sword Dragon/worm daggar |
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Long I implored that you go not against the murderous monster, but let the South Danes settle the feud themselves with Grendel
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Hygleac
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Who arranges Beowulf's funeral?
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Wiglaf
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First Phaiakian supplicated by Odysses (by a distance)
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Nacissikaa who was washing clothes
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If you only knew in your own heart how many hardships you were fated to undergo before getting back to your country, you would stay here with me and be the lord of this household and be immortal.
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Kalypso
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Who is the earth shaker?
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Poseidon
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The wonder is on me that you drank my drugs and have not been enchanted
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Circe
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Great Menelaos, son of Atreus, leader of the people, now send me on my way at last to my own dear country, for now the heart within me longs for the homeward journey
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Telemachos
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I keep away and with my pigs, and I do not go now to the city, unless circumspect Penelope for some reason asks me to go
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Eumais the swineherd
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One month only I stayed, taking pleasure in my children and my wedded wife and my possessions, but then the spirit within me urged me to make an expedition to Egypt.
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Odysseus
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I wish to stun that beautiful vessel of the Phaiakians out on the misty sea as it comes back from its journey, so that they may stop, and give over conveying people.
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Poseidon
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I do not think you will get back yourself, but must stay here with the others. But see, I will find you a way out of your troubles, and save you. Here, this is good medicine, take it
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Aolus
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Who are the first 2 suitors killed?
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Antinoos and Eurymachos
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How good was proved the heart that is in blameless Penelope...Thereby the fame of her virtue shall never die away, but the immortals will make for the people of earth a thing of grace in the song for prudent Penelope
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Agamemnon
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What a day is this for me, dear gods? I am very happy. My son and my son's son are contending over their courage.
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Laertes
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Penelope finally accepts that Odysseys is truly himself only after testing his knowledge regarding what physical object
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Their bed which is like a tree and cannot be moved
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The one who takes the bow in his hands, strings it with the greatest ease, and sends an arrow clean through all the twelve axes, shall be the one I go away with
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Penelope
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Poor wretches, what evil has come upon you? Your heads and faces and the knees underneath you are shrouded in night and darkness; a sound of wailing has broken out, your cheeks are covered with tears
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Penelope
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Nurse, why are you trying to kill me?
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Odysseus
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If only the Achaians, my queen, would let you have silence! Such stories he tells, he would charm out the dear heart within you. Three nights I had him wth me...for he came to me first.
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Eumaios
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By what physical attribute is Odysseus repeatedly recognized?
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His scar
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