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32 Cards in this Set
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Aeaea
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Home of Circe, the enchantress and goddess
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Alcinous
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King of Phaeacia.
Odysseus tells the story of his adventures to Alcinous's court. |
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Calypso
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Beautiful nymph goddess who keeps Odysseus on her island for 7 years.
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Charybdis
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Female monster who sucks in water 3 times a day to form a deadly whirlpool.
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Cicones
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People living on the southwestern coast of Thrace who battled Odysseus and his men on their journey.
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Circe
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Enchantress and goddess who turns Odysseus's men into swine.
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Erebus
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Dark area of the underworld where the dead reside.
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Eurylochus
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A member of Odysseus's loyal crew.
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Lotus Eaters
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People who feed Odysseus's men lotus plants to make them forget Ithaca.
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Phaeacia
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Island kingdom ruled by King Alcinous. The Phaeacians are shipbuilders and traders
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Polyphemus
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son of the sea god Poseidon and blinded by Odysseus.
Polyphemus is a Cyclops. |
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Cyclopes
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A race of brutish one-eyed giants who live in solitary lives as shepherds, supposedly on the island known now known as Sicily.
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Scylla
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Female monster with six serpent heads, each having a triple row of fangs.
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Sirens
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sea nymphs whose beautiful and mysterious music lures sailors to steer their ships toward dangerous rocks.
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Teiresias
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Famous blind prophet from the city of Thebes. Odysseus meets him in the Land of the Dead.
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Thrinakia
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Island where the sun god Helios keeps his cattle.
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Antinous
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One of Penelope's main suitors; an arrogant and mean young noble from Ithaca.
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Eumaeus
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Swineherd, one of Odysseus's loyal servants.
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Eurycleia
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Odysseus's old nurse.
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Eurymachus
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Suitor of Penelope.
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Eurynome
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Penelope's housekeeper.
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Penelope
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Odysseus's faithful wife.
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Philoeteus
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Cowherd, one of Odysseus's faithful servants.
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Telemachus
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Odysseus's son.
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Apollo
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God of poetry, music, prophecy, medicine, and archery.
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Athena
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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
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Titan (giant god) who ruled the universe until his sun Zeus overthrew him.
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Helios
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Sun god.
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Hephaestus
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God of metalworking.
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Hermes
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Messenger god.
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Poseidon
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God of the sea.
He is an enemy of Odysseus. |
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Zeus
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The most powerful god. his home is on Olympus
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