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25 Cards in this Set
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Achaens
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Greeks; specifically the people of Achaea in northeastern greece.
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Alcinous
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King of Phaeacia
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Antinous
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An Ithacan noble, most arrogant of the suitors.
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Athena
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Greek goddess of wisdom, crafts and war.
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Circe
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beautiful witch-goddess who transformed Odysseus's men into beasts.
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Cyclops
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member of a race of one-eyed giants. The cyclopes were said to have lived as sheperds on the island of Sicily.
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Eurylochus
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one of odysseus' crew
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Eurymachus
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one of Penelope's suitors, an Ithacan noble.
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Helios
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The sun god in early greek mythology.
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Ithaca
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Odysseus' home, an island off the western coast of greece.
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Laertes
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Odysseus' father
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Lotus Eaters
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One of a people described in the Odyssey who lived in a drugged, indolent state from feeding on the lotus. whoever ate of the fruit of the lotus forgot everything else and only wished to stay, eating lotus-fruit.
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Maron
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Keeper of appolo's holy grove.
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Nohbdy
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Odysseus first told the Cyclops, "My name is Nohbdy: mother,father, and friends, everyone calls me Nohbdy". Odysseus told him this because he knew if the other Cyclopes would come and ask who was with him, they would think that "Nohbdy" was there.
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Odysseus
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King of Ithaca and hero of the odyssey
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Penelope
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Odysseus' wife
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Polyphemus
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a cyclops, son of poseidon
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Poseidon
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The god of the sea, (identified with Roman god neptune)
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Scylla
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a dangerous rock in the straights of Messina, personinfied female monster with six heads who devoured passing sailors.
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Charybdis
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a whirlpool in the Straits of Messina, personified as a female monster
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Sirens
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Sea nymphs who lured sailors to destruction with their songs
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suitors
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men who wanted to marry Penelope
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Telemachus
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a son of Odysseus and Penelope.
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Trojan Horse
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The battle outside Troy raged for ten years. The men were fed up and wanted to return to their homes. Athene, goddess of war gave Ulysses the idea for a plan to end the war. They built a big wooden horse which they put in the middle of their encampment. Next they pretended to abandon their camp. In reality many soldiers hid inside the wooden horse.
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Zeus
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Ruler of the gods and the goddesses on Mount Olympus.
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