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16 Cards in this Set
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Eurycleia |
The faithful and devoted old nurse of Odysseus who recognized him by the scar on his leg |
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Penelopeia |
The wife of Odysseus. She is serious and industrious, a perfect wife and mother in many aspects |
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Antinoos |
The leaders of the suitors and the first slain by Odysseus. HE is a cruel, greedy, and hypocritical villain, always attempting to justify his evil behavior by distorting the motives or acts of others |
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Alcinous |
The King of the Phaeacians, husband of Arete and father of Nausicaa, he is generous, kind, and good-humored ruler and father. |
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Telemachos |
The son of Odysseus and Penelope, He is just entering manhood and is very self conscious about what his duty and his father's reputation as a hero, which he feels he must live up to |
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Charybdis |
World-pool that would take the ship and all the men into the sed you die. Captain either chose this or Scylla |
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Polyphemos |
A one-eyed cyclopes who held Odysseus and his men captive in his cave until he was mad drunk and blinded by Odysseus |
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Helios |
god of the sun and master of some really awesome cattle that no one is allowed to touch or eat... |
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Calypso |
The sea nymph who keeps Odysseus captive on the island of Ogygia for seven years and who in hope of making him her husband, offers him immortality. |
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Circe |
The enchantress who transforms the crew of Odysseus into swine and who, when she finds that she can not conquer odysseus, takes him as a lover and helps him with advice and supplies on his voyage. |
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Poseidon |
Younger brother of Zeus, god of the sea and earthquakes, father of polyphemus. Because Odysseus is a sailor and must travel home by ship, he is able to do much harm. The god bears a grudge against him because of his rough treatment to his son |
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Zeus |
God of the sky, had mixed emotions about Odyssus throughout the book |
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Aiolos |
a mortal whom Zeus has appointed keeper of the winds |
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Teiresias |
The blind prophet who's help Odysseus seeks in the underworld |
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Hermes |
Son of Zeus, the ambassador of the gods, conductor of the dead souls to Hades, and patron of travelers, merchants and thieves |
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Eumaios |
The chief swineherd of odysseus, who remains faithful to his master during his long absence and who plays an active part in assisting Odysseus to regain his Kingdom |
