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43 Cards in this Set

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Odysseus' home
Ithaca
The Phonician king who hosts Odysseus
Alcinous
The only god who did not pity Odysseus
Poseidon
The cyclops blinded by Odysseus
Polyphemus
The messenger of the gods known as "the giant killer"
Hermes
The flowery fruit that can make men forget their homes
Lotus
Father of Odysseus
Laertes
Prominent suitor who is the arch-enemy of Telemachus
Eurymachus
Imprisoned Odysseus's men in a pig stybefore becoming his lover.
Circe
Member of Odysseus' crew who is encountered in the underworld.
Elpenor
Young daughter of Alcinous who is tall and beautiful like a goddess.
Nausicaa
Sucked down salt water exposing her interior vortex then vomited it up seething over like a cauldron over a blazing fire.
Charybdis
Odysseus had to be tied down to listen to their song.
Sirens
The god whose cattle was consumed by Odysseus' crew.
Hyperion
Giants who pelted rocks down on the ships of Odysseus' expedition.
Laestrygonians
Person who claimed responsiblity for the cyclops' suffering.
Nobody
Where Odysseus' journey home began.
Troy
Nymph, envied by the gods for living with a mortal, who delays Odysseus for seven years.
Calypso
The kind of animal cared for by Eumaeus.
Pig
Herb with black roots and a white blossom given to Oydsseus by Hermes.
Moly
Goddess who protects and helps Odysseus.
Athene (Athena)
Creature with a dreadful barb, twelve feet, six scrawny necks, and triple rows of fangs.
Scylla
Father of Zeus.
Cronos
King of Pylos; the Gerenian charioteer visited by Telemachus.
Nestor
Wife of Odysseus.
Penelope
Husband of Helen and host of Telemachus.
Menelaus
Blind Thegan prophet from whom Odysseus sought advice in Hades.
Teiresias
Gave Odysseus a leather bag containing the boisterous energies of the wind.
Aeolus
Beautiful wife of Menelaus.
Helen
Relationship of Telemachus to Odysseus.
Son
God who is cuckolded by his wife Aphrodite and Ares.
Hephaestus
The people who were raided during Odysseus first stop on his return from war.
Cicones
Goddess who helps disguise Odysseus as well as aiding him while killing Penelope's suitors.
Athena
Site of Trojan war.
Troy
Plant that Odysseus banned his men from eating.
Lotus
Author of The Odyssey and The Illiad.
Homer
Who kills Antonous?
Odysseus
Three terrible spirits who punish those whose crimes have not been avenged.
The furies.
Disguise Odysseus uses when entering Ithaca.
Beggar
Land of the Dead/Hell.
Hades
Three terrible spirits who punish those whose crimes have not been avenged.
The furies.
Disguise Odysseus uses when entering Ithaca.
Beggar
Land of the Dead/Hell.
Hades