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who fights on the greek side of the trojan war
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agamemnon
menelaus achilles odysseus |
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who fights on the trojan side of the war
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hector and paris
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where is odysseus when the odyssey begins?
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he is a prisoner of calypso
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if he starts here, how do we find out about all of his adventures?
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we find out his story through a song
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what do the cyclops brothers say when he calls them for help?
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"ah well, if nobody has played you foul there in your lonely bed, we are no use in pain given by great zeus, let it be your father, Poseidon Lord, to whom you pray"
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how do odysseus and his men escape from the cyclops cave?
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they hid under sheep after stabbing the cyclops in the eye
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what is the curse that the cyclops puts on odysseus
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that odysseus never finds his way home
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what does this person tell odysseus regarding scylla and charybdis? why?
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hug the cliff of scylla, take your ship through on a racing stroke; circe tells him this to protect him and keep him alive
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how do the me avoid hearing the sirens?
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they put wax in their ears
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what does odysseus do (regarding the sirens)
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they tie him up and let him listen to their songs
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how does odysseus lose his ship
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zeus throws a thunderbolt
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who/what recognizes odysseus first when he returns home
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eumaes
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