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26 Cards in this Set
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Pisistratus
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Son of Nestor, Accompanies Telemachus
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alcinous
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King of the Phaeacians, husband of Arete, Father of Nausicaa
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antinous
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One of the leading suitors
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Arete
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queen of Phaeacia
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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, got drunk and fell off the roof- circe
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eumaeus
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Odysseus' loyal swineherd
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eurycleia
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Odysseus' old nurse
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eurylochus
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kin of odysseus, second in command
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eurymachus
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One of the leading suitors
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halitherses
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ithacan elder with prophetic powers
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irus
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beggar that odysseus beats up
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medon
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ithacan herald of odysseus
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melanthius
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disloyal goatherd
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melantho
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sister of melanthius
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mentor
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ithacan friend of odysseus to whom he left charge of his household
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nausicaa
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saves odysseus on phaeacia
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philoetius
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odysseus' loyal cowherd
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theoclymenus
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argive seer, telemachus gives him passage on his ship
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tiresias
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blind seer of thebes, odysseus goes to the underworld to see him
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aeolus
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Master of the winds, gives odysseus bag of the winds
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charybdis
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monster in the form of a giant whirlpool, across from scylla
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hyperion
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sun god helios
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leucothea
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ino after she became a divinity, sea nymph, daughter of cadmus, gave odysseus the immortal scarf to save him in the storm
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polyphemus
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the cyclops
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scylla
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man-eating monster lives on cliffs by charybdis, 12 legs, 6 necks
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