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60 Cards in this Set
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Agamemnon
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King and leader of Greek forces, King of Mycenae, killed by his wife and her lover when he returned from the war.
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Alcinous
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King of Phaeacians. Father of Naussicaa and husband of Arête. He helps Odysseus back to Ithica by providing him with a ship, crew, clothes, and gifts. Odysseus is telling him his story.
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Anticleia
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Odysseus’s mother and wife of Laertes. Kills herself because she can’t take life without Odysseus any longer. She sees him in the underworld.
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Antinoos
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leader among the suitors, the worst one, first one killed
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Elpenor
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youngest crewmember. Dies when he falls of Circe’s roof and breaks his neck. He sees Odysseus in Hades and asks him to go back and give him a proper burial.
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Eumaeus
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loyal swineherd and friend of Odysseus. Helps fight for revenge with Odysseus.
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Eurycleia
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loyal servant who raised Telemachos and Odysseus. Often referred to as the old nurse. She finds our Odysseus’s true identity when washing his feet. She is the first one to do so.
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Eurymachos
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2nd most important suitor. Tires to bargain with Odysseus so he won’t kill him. He is cowardly but just as evil as Anitnoos.
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Eurylochos
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member of Odysseus’s crew, escaped from Circe. Goes and warns Odysseus. He also convinces the crew to kill and eat Helios’s cattle.
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Helen
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in love with Paris. Went with him to Troy. Started Trojan War. Wife of Menelaus.
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Laertes
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Odysseus’s father. Kills Eupeithes
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Melanthius
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goatherd who supports the suitors. Gets them weapons. They tie him to the top of a tower and then cut off his limbs.
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Mentor (Mentes)
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old friend of Odysseus. Athena always took the form of him. He was seen at: town council, fighting in the hall, at the end at Laertes’s house, and telling Telemachos to go to Pylos.
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Naussicaa
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beautiful daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arête of the Phaeacians. Odysseus wakes up and finds her and her maids playing ball. She brings him back to the city.
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Nestor
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King of Pylos (place Telemachos was advised to sail to). Hw went to Tory and told Telemachos his father was dead.
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Phemios Terpiades (the minstrel)
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musician who has to play for the suitor. Was spared by Odysseus
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Odysseus
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King of Ithica, son of Laertes, husband of Penelope, father of Telemachos, on a 20-year journey back to Ithica. “Man never at a loss”
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Orpheus
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Famous musician. Son of Calliope (muse of epic poetry)
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Paris
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Trojan prince who is in love with Helen. Son of Priam (King of Troy)
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Penelope
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Odysseus’s wife, Telemachos’ mother. Suitors are after her and want to marry her. She leads them on but wont pick one. “Faithful Penelope”
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Philoitios
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Loyal cowherd
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Tantalus
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Odysseus sees him in Hades. Son of Zeus. Tries to drink water but it wont work, tried to eat but it won’t work.
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Teiresias
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blind prophet who advised Odysseus where to go and what to do. Lives in Hades. Circe tells Odysseus to go see him.
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Telemachos
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son of Penelope and Odysseus. Helps his dad fight. Is like his father.
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Medon
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was spared by Odysseus
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Aphrodite
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Goddess of love
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Apollo
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God of music, poetry, and medicine
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Artemis
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Goddess of the hunt
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Athena
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Goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare. Daughter of Zeus. Helps Odysseus along his journey. “Bright eyes”.
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Calypso
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Sea Goddess who loves Odysseus, keeps him for 7 years. Offers him immortality to be his wife
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Centaurs
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Half horse and half man
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Circe
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beautiful witch Goddess. Turns crew into pigs. Makes a deal with Odysseus. He becomes her lover and liver with her for a year
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Dionysus (Bacchus)
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god of wine and madness
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Helios (Hyperion)
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Sun God. Odysseus’s crew eats his cattle on his island.
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Ino
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Goddess of White Sea and daughter of Cadmos. She helps Odysseus to get to land when Poseidon destroys his ships. She does this by lending him a magic veil that protects him.
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Charybdis
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enormous and dangerous whirlpool
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Lotus Eaters
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give poisoned Lotus leaves to crew that make them never want to return home.
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Pandora
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first woman on Earth. She is too curious and opens Pandora’s box. This lets out all the good and evil into the world.
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Polyphemus
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Cyclops who traps Odysseus and son of Poseidon. He gets his eyes stabbed.
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Poseidon
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God of the sea and earthquakes. He is after Odysseus because he stabbed his son’s eye out.
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Scylla
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sea monster of gray rock. Has 6 heads and eats one person for every head
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Sirens
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beautiful creature whose songs lure sailor to their death. The crew plugged their ears with wax and strapped Odysseus down so he could listen to them.
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Zeus
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King of all gods. “Coudgatherer”
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Aeolus
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God of the winds (cousin of Poseidon)
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Hermes
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messenger god
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Mt. Olympus
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location of the gods
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Phaecia (Schyria)
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homeof alcinous, naussicaa, and arete
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Ithica
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Odysseus's kingdom
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Sparta
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Home of Helen and Menelaos
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Troy
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location of the war.
home of Paris and Priam |
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Cape Malea
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the round the cape on their way home and then get blown off course after they open the bag of winds
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Cythera
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island of Sphrodite
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Thrinacia
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catttle of the sun god
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ogygia
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calypso's island
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Land of the Lotues Eaters
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Land of the Lotues Eaters
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Siren's Land
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Siren's Land
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Scylla and Charybdis
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Aeaea
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Circe's Island
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Land of the Laestrygones
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Giants
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Land of the Dead (Hade)
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