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36 Cards in this Set
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Aeaea |
home of Circe, the enchantress and goddess |
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Alcinous |
king of Phaeacia. Odysseus tells the story of his adventures to Alcinous's court |
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Calypso |
beautiful nymph goddess who keeps Odysseus on her island for seven years |
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Charybdis |
female monster who sucks in water three times a day to form a deadly whirlpool |
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Cicones |
people living on the southwestern coast of Thrace who battled Odysseus and his men on their journey |
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Circe |
enchantress and goddess who turns Odysseus's men into swine |
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Cyclops |
brutal one eyed giant. Live solitary lives as shepherds, supposedly on the island known as Sicily |
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Erebus |
dark area of the underworld where the dead reside |
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Eurylochus |
a member of Odysseus's loyal crew |
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Lotus eaters |
people who feed Odysseus's men lotus plants to make them forget Ithaca |
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Phaeacia |
island kingdom ruled by shipbuilders and traders |
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Polyphemus |
son of the sea god Poseidon and blinded by Odysseus. he is a cyclops |
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Scylla |
female monster with six serpent heads, each head having a triple row of fangs. |
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Sirens |
Sea nymphs whose beautiful and mysterious music lures sailors to steer their ships towards dangerous rocks |
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Teiresias |
famous blind prophet from the city of thebes. Odysseus meets him in the Land of the Dead |
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Thrinakia |
island where the sun god Helios keeps his cattle |
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Antinous |
one of Penelope's main suitors: an arrogant and mean young noble from Ithaca |
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Eumaeus |
swineherd, one of Odysseus's loyal servants |
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Eurycleia |
Odysseus's old nurse |
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Eurymachus |
suitor of Penelope |
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Eurynome |
Penelope's housekeeper |
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Penelope |
Odysseus's faithful wife |
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Philoeteus |
cowherd, one of |
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Telemachus |
Odysseus's son |
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Apollo |
god of poetry, music, prophecy, medicine, and archery. |
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Athena |
favorite daughter of Zeus; the great goddess of wisdom as well as war and peace. She favored the Greeks during the Trojan War. She is often called Pallas Athena. |
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Cronus |
Titan (giant god) who ruled the universe until his son Zeus overthrew him |
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Helios |
sun god |
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Hephaestus |
god of metalworking |
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Hermes |
messenger god |
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Poseidon |
god of the sea; brother of Zeus. Poseidon is called Earth Shaker because he is believed to cause earthquakes. He is a enemy of Odysseus |
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Zeus |
the most powerful god. His home is on Olympus |
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Epics must have |
Adventure A hero The history of a nation of people setting of vast scope valor & superhuman strength Supernatural forces |
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The Epic Hero |
Superhuman strength, craftiness, and confidence Embodies ideals & values of culture Natural leader good problem solver smarter than everyone else Often has a weakness that destroys him or leads to death |
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Hubris |
Weakness that will destroy you |
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Epic plots and Settings |
Strange creatures Divine interventions treacherous weather include fantastic or exotic lands involves more than one nation |
