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26 Cards in this Set
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Aristoi
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noblemen the aristocracy, the best
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reciprocity
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trade or barter
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xenia
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hospitality
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arete
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what motivates a greek hero or member of the aristoi
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aidos
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sense of duty
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hubris
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excessive pride
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dike
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sense of justice
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Antinous (anitnoos)
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one of penelope's leading suitors (an arrongant and mean young noble from ithaca)
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Argos
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odysseus's old dog
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Eumaeus
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a swineherd, one of odysseys's loyal servants
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Laertes
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odysseus's old father who lives in the country
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Penelope
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odysseus's faithful wife
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Philoeteus
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a cowherd, one of odysseus's loyal servants
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helen
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the beautiful wirfe of king Menelaus. Her elopement with Paris , a prince of troy started the trojan war
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Menelaus
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brother of agamemmnon, husband of Helen, and King of Lacedaemon also known as Sparta
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Nestro
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the wise king of pylos, and hero of the trojan war
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Aeaea
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home of circe, the withgoddess
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Alcinous
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the king of Phaeacia, the father of Nausicaa
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Calypso
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a beautiful goddess nymph who lives on Ogygia. She keeps odysseus for 7 years
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Charybdis
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a female monstor who sucks in water 3 times a day to form a deadly whilrpool
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Circe
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the witch-goddess who turns odysseus's men into swine
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Cyclops
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one of the cyclopes, a race of brutish one eyed giants
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Erebus
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the land of the dead
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Nausicaa
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the beautiful young daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete of Phaeacia
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Ogygia
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Calypso's island
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Phaeacia
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an island kingdom ruled by King Alcinous. they people that live here are ship builders and traders
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