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51 Cards in this Set
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Odysseus
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Main character in story; trying to find his way home.
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Telemachos
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son of odysseus who longs to see his father again.
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Penelope
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wife of odysseus who is being besieged by suitors, but is still mourning the "loss" of her husband
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Nestor
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King of Pylos
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Peisistratos
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Nestor's son
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Menelaos
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King of Sparta
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Helen
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Menelaos's wife. The reason for the Trojan war
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Athene
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Goddess that takes a liking to Odysseus; helps him return home and conquer the suitors.
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Kalypso
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Nymph goddess that is detaining Odysseus because she wants him to marry her.
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Nausikaa
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Princess of the Phiakians. Finds Odysseus asleep on her island.
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Arete
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Mother of Nausikaa, queen of the Phiakians.
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Demodokos
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A singer on the Island of the Phiakians
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Alkinoos
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King of the Phiakians
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Euryalos
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A man on the island of the Phiakians
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Polyphemos
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Giant that Odysseus blinds; Polyphemos curses Odysseus and his crew.
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Kikonians
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Random group of people that Odysseus and crew ransack after the war because they are somehow allied with the Trojans... Kikonians kill a bunch of them.
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Lotus Eaters
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A group of things (people?) that have this lotus. Once the men eat the lotus, they forget about their destination and don't want to leave.
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Aiolos
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God of winds; gives Odysseus bag of winds.
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Antiphates
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King of Giants... orders his people to kill and eat Odysseus and men.
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Circe
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Beautiful "whore" goddess who turns Odysseus's men into pigs, but then becomes a little too friendly with them and lets them stay for a year.
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Eurylochos
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One of Odysseus' men. He is a coward because he wanted to leave the men behind when he say that Circe had turned them into pigs.
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Elpenor
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One of Odysseus' men that fell off the roof back at Circe's place and wasn't very happy in Hades because he had not recieved a proper buriel.
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Hermes
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Messenger God
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Antikleia
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Odysseus' Mother
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Agamemnon
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Hero of Trojan war, but murdered by his wife's lover Aigisthos.
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Aigisthos
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The lover of Klytaimestra. Killed Agamemnon.
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Klytaimestra
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Wife of Agamemnon.
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Eumaios
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Swineherd in Ithaka.
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Theoklymenos
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Fugitive prophet who meets up with Telemachos as he is leaving Pylos.
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Melanthios
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Suitor. Rather mean. Gives weapons to the other suitors during the battle, and his death is quite a show because of it.
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Argos
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Odysseus' dog. Dies as soon as he sees his master.
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Eurykleia
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Old, loyal maid who recognizes Odysseus' scar on his foot.
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Philoitios
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The oxherd who remains loyal to Odysseus.
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Laertes
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Odysseus' father.
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Dolios
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An old servant, especially attached to Penelope. works on the estate with Laertes. father of melanthios.
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Ithaka
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Hometown of Odysseus.
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Pylos
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Where Telemachos goes first on his journey of discovery (or lack thereof). Nestor is the king of it.
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Sparta
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The 2nd place Telemachos goes. Menelaos is the king.
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Kalypso's Island
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Uhhh... Kalypso's Island. duh.
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Island of the Phiakians
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Island of the Phiakians...
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Land of Lotus Eaters
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Land of Lotus Eaters...
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Country of Cyclopes
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Country of Cyclopes...
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Aiolian Island
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The island of aiolios
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Lamos
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The island of the Laistrygones. Antiphates is their king.
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Aiaia
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Circe's Island
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Hades
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the land of the dead
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Land of the Sirens
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Land of the Sirens...
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Skylla
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a six headed monster
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Charybdis
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a whirlpool
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Thrinakia
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Island of Helios. The men are instructed to not eat the cattle, but they do anyways.
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Helios
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sun god.
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