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42 Cards in this Set
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Agamemnon
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Brother of Menelaos, Married to Klytiamnestra
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Aigisthos
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Klytiamnestra's Secret Lover
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Aiolos
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God of Wind, Gives Odysseus a bag of the West Winds for his travels
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Alkinoos
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King of Phaiakians, Father of Nausikaa, Married to Arete
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Amphinomos
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Good Suitor
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Antinoos
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Evil Suitor
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Arete
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Queen of Phaiakians, Married to Alkinoos, Mother of Nausikaa
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Athena
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Daughter of Zeus, Goddess of Wisdom and War, Helps Odysseus throughout his travels and encourages Telemakhos to set sail to find Odysseus in disguise as Mentor
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Elpenor
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Ithakan traveling with Odysseus
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Eumaios
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Ithakan Swineheard, Takes Odysseus in when he returns
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Eurykleai
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Odysseus's nurse from when he was a child, Bathes him once he returns to feel the scar of the boar attack when he was younger and discovers it is him
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Eurymakhos
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Terrible suitor who plots to kill Telemakhos and sleeps with Melantho
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Helen
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Married to Menelaos and started the Trojan War
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Helios
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God of Sun, immortal and forbidden cattle of which Odysseus's men eat, and Helios punishes them by killing them
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Ino
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Save Odysseus when he floats ashore, gives him mask to breathe underwaterIr
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Iros
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Beggar of the Palace
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Kalypso
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Goddess of the island Ogygia, holds Odysseus for 7 years
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Kharybdis
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Whirlpool that Odysseus and his men must cross
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Kirke
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Tricks Odysseus's men into drinking her honeyed wine which turns them into animals, but Odysseus tricks her and she lets him into her bed and is a powerful sorceress which time does not exist in her world, 5 years pass
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Klytiamnestra
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Wife of Agamemnon, Has a love affair with Aigisthos and when Agamemnon comes back, Aigisthos kills him
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Laertes
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Odysseus's father who starves himself until Odysseus comes back, lives on the outskirts of Ithaka
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Laistrigonians
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Tribe of giants who are also cannibals
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The Lotus Eaters
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Eat lotus, get crazy, forget about lives
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Medon
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The crier of Ithaka, tells Penelope when Telemakhos has left
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Melanthios
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Ithakan Goatheard
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Melantho
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Servant of Penelope who is faithful to the suitors and sleeps around with them
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Menelaos
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King of Sparta, Fought in Trojan war with Odysseus, Telemakhos goes to visit on his journey
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Nausikaa
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Daughter of Alkinoos, Brings Odysseus to the palace after finding him naked
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Odysseus
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Ruler of Ithaka, Strong, Cunning, Noble
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Orestes
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Agamemnon's Son, Kills Klytiamnestra's lover Aigisthos in vengeance of his father
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Penelope
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Wife of Odysseus, Fends of Suitors for 20 years, Faithful and Clever
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Polyphemos
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Cyclopes which Odysseus and his men encounter, Odysseus stabs his eye with a flaming torch and tricks him
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Poseidon
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God of Sea whom prevents Odysseus from sailing home all these years
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Seareach
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Guy who challenges Odysseus in Discus
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Seirenes
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Females that lure men to their death with their voice, Odysseus and his men encounter them where Odysseus forces them to put wax in their ear and tie Odysseus to the pole and not listen to him no matter what and tie him tighter each time
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Skylla
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6 headed monster which Odysseus and his men must also sail through
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Teiresias
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Blind prophet which Odysseus must seek in the underworld, he tells Odysseus of Skylla and Kharybdis
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Telemakhos
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Son of Odysseus who is devoted to his mother and father's estate
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Zeus
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Ruler of Olympus, Sends Hermes to Kalypso to demand Odysseus's release
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Theoklymenos
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Hitchhikes with Telemakhos out of Sparta
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Hermes
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Messenger of Gods
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Nestor
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King of Pylos, First man Telemakhos Visits
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