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36 Cards in this Set
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Kleos |
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Glory |
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Nostros |
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Homecoming |
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Xenia |
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Guest/Host relationship, greek hosptitality |
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Hubris |
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Pride |
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Odysseus |
Main charater, king of Ithica
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Penelope |
Wife of Odysseus, mother of Telemachus, queen of Ithica, faithful wife
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Telemachus |
Prince of Ithica, grows up without father
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Clytemnestra |
Wife of Agamemnon, unfaithful
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Agamemnon |
Leader in the Trojan War, killed by wife's lover
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Hector |
Brother of Paris, killed by Achilles, dragged around town
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Achilles |
Indefeatable, except for weak ankle, killed by Paris
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Paris |
Starts the Trojan War by winning Helen, in the Judgement of Paris
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Hermes |
Messanger God, son of Zeus
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Zeus |
King of the Gods, god of the sky, big three
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Hera |
Wife of Zeus, goddess of fertility
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Athena |
Goddess of wisdom, patron of Ithica, daughter of Zeus
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Ares |
God of war
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Artemis |
Goddess of the moon, twin of Apollo
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Apollo |
God of sun, music, healing, twin of Artemis
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Hades |
God of death, king of the underworld, big three
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Poseidon |
God of the sea, King of the ocean, big three
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Dionysis |
God of wine...
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Aphrodite |
Goddess of love
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Hephaestus |
God of craftmanship,
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Argos |
Odysseus's dog, dies when he returns home
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Nausicaa |
Princess of the Phanicians, helps odysseus
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Alcinous |
King of Phanicians, provides Odysseus with gifts and help home
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Tieresias |
Blind prophet found in the underworld
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Cylipso |
Nymph, who keeps Odysseus captive for 7 years
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Circe |
A witch, who holds Odysseus for a year
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Euramachus |
Leader of the suitors
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Eumaeus |
Faithful servent
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Plot Line-
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Trojan War, Lotus Eaters, Cyclops, King of the Winds, Circe, Underworld, Sirens/Scylla/Cribdus, Hyperion's cattle, Cylipso, Phanicians
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What makes an epic-
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Long narritive poem, serious subject, larger than life hero
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Epics have-
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supernatural creatures, impossible tasks, deals with gods, tragic plot
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Dark elements-
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Gods are cruel, not much honor, limited sense of right and wrong, beasts
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