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25 Cards in this Set
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filled up his belly with Odysseus' men
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cyclops
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described as a "singing nymph with sunbright hair"
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calypso
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Odysseus' loyal servant who herds pigs
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eumaeus
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Odysseus' son
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Telemachus
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the name of the cyclops
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Polyphemus
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the god who owned a herd of cows
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Helios
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Odysseus' loyal pet dog
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Argos
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Greek god of poetry, music, and prophecy
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Apollo
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Odysseus' father
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Laertes
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the translator of the Odyssey in the text
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Robert Fitzgerald
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Odysseus' home
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Ithaca
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got an arrow straight through his neck for messing with Odysseus
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Antinous
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swallows and vomits the sea 3x a day
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Charybdis
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city where Odysseus smuggled his men with a large horse
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Troy
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the hero!
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Odysseus
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Men dangled from her mouth like fish from the end of a line
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Scylla
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the minor goddess who loved Odysseus so much she kept him on her island for 7 years
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Calypso
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ruler of all the gods and goddesses
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Zeus
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the honey plant these people serve makes Odysseus' men forget home
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lotus
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who tests Odysseus by pretending that she moved their bed
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Penelope
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a battle with these people left six benches empty in each of Odysseus' ships
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Cicones
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Another name for the Greeks
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Acheans
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the King of Phaecia
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Alcinous
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Penelope's housekeeper
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Eurynome
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race of man-eating giants
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Laestrygonians
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