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Odyssey Books 1-12 Epithets
Epithets from Odyssey books 1 to 12 Fagles Translation
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Literature
9th Grade
01/10/2010
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Hermes
 Definition
the Guide
Term
Odysseus
 Definition
man of twists and turns
Term
island
 Definition
wave-washed
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Athena
 Definition
bright-eyed
Term
Ithaca
 Definition
seagirt
Term
Hermes
 Definition
the giant killer/slayer
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Zeus
 Definition
son of Cronus, thunder king
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Poseidon
 Definition
Earth-shaker
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sea
 Definition
wine-dark
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Telemachus
 Definition
cool-headed
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Dawn
 Definition
with rose-red fingers
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Troy
 Definition
stallion-land
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matchless Queen of Cunning
 Definition
Penelope
Term
Poseidon
 Definition
god of the sea-blue mane
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Nestor
 Definition
Achaean's watch and ward
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Poseidon
 Definition
who shakes the Earth
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Nestor
 Definition
noble charioteer
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Odysseus
 Definition
the flexible, wily king
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Achilles
 Definition
breaker of armies
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Helen
 Definition
daughter of Zeus
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Odysseus
 Definition
the crafty one, great-hearted
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Menelaus
 Definition
the lord of war cry, captain of armies
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Penelope
 Definition
circumspect, self-possessed
Term
Telemachus
 Definition
clear-sighted
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Proteus
 Definition
the Old Man of the Sea who never lies
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Medon
 Definition
the soul of thoughtfulness
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Zeus
 Definition
who marshals the thunderheads
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Hermes
 Definition
god of the golden wand
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whose power rules the world
 Definition
Zeus
Term
Calypso
 Definition
nymph with lovely braids
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Odysseus
 Definition
long enduring, great
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Princess Nausicaa
 Definition
white-armed
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Athena or Zeus
 Definition
whose shield is thunder
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Pallas
 Definition
clear-eyed
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Athena
 Definition
one with lovely braids
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Odysseus
 Definition
the man of craft
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Arete
 Definition
the white-armed queen
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Odysseus
 Definition
tried and true
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Odysseus
 Definition
born for exploits
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Circe
 Definition
who can speak with human voice
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Circe
 Definition
skilled in spells
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Agammenon
 Definition
field marshall who rules war
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Agammemnon
 Definition
Atrides
Term
Phaecians
 Definition
who love their oars
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