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14 Cards in this Set
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Who is Eurykleia?
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The aged and loyal servant who nursed Odysseus and Telemachus when they were babies. Eurycleia is well informed about palace intrigues and serves as confidante to her masters. She keeps Telemachus’s journey secret from Penelope, and she later keeps Odysseus’s identity a secret after she recognizes a scar on his leg.
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Who is Eumaios?
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The loyal shepherd who, along with the cowherd Philoetius, helps Odysseus reclaim his throne after his return to Ithaca. Even though he does not know that the vagabond who appears at his hut is Odysseus, Eumaeus gives the man food and shelter.
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Who is Mentor?
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Odysseus's friend, and Ithakan nobleman
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Who is Argos?
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Odysseus's Dog that dies after seeing his master again
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Who is Antinoos?
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The most arrogant of Penelope’s suitors. Antinous leads the campaign to have Telemachus killed. Unlike the other suitors, he is never portrayed sympathetically, and he is the first to die when Odysseus returns.
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Who is Eurymakhos?
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A manipulative, deceitful suitor. Eurymachus’s charisma and duplicity allow him to exert some influence over the other suitors.
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Who is Menelaos?
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King of Sparta, brother of Agamemnon, and husband of Helen, he helped lead the Greeks in the Trojan War. He offers Telemachus assistance in his quest to find Odysseus when Telemachus visits him in Book 4.
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Who is Polyphemos?
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One of the Cyclopes (uncivilized one-eyed giants) whose island Odysseus comes to soon after leaving Troy. Polyphemus imprisons Odysseus and his crew and tries to eat them, but Odysseus blinds him through a clever ruse and manages to escape. In doing so, however, Odysseus angers Polyphemus’s father, Poseidon.
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Who is Kalypso?
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The beautiful nymph who falls in love with Odysseus when he lands on her island-home of Ogygia. Calypso holds him prisoner there for seven years until Hermes, the messenger god, persuades her to let him go.
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Who is Nausikaa?
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The daughter of King Alkinoos, finds Odysseus naked when he washes up on the shore.
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Who is melanthious?
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The brother of Melantho. Melanthius is a treacherous and opportunistic goatherd who supports the suitors, especially Eurymachus, and abuses the beggar who appears in Odysseus’s palace, not realizing that the man is Odysseus himself.
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What is an Epic Poem?
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a long narrative poem that follows a hero's journey..
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Justify the death of the suitors
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They deserved death because they had intruded on odysseus's home without knowing if he was dead or not and for the terrible things they did to the maids and telemakous..
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Explain faithfulness in the story
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Penelope shows very great faithfulness to odysseus by not wanting a different lover and waiting for odysseus's return. she never slept with another man or tried to remarry.. she even tried to hold off the suitors by telling them that after she was done making a death shroud she would chose, but she secretly removed her stitches everyday.
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