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The Odyssey
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Literature
9th Grade
03/08/2010

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Tantalus
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legendary figure doomed to eternal thirst and hunger in the underworld
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Tiresias
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Blind soothsayer of Thebes
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Alcinous
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King of Phaeacians, husband of Arete, father of Nausicaa
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Penelope
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Wife if Odysseus, daughter of Icarius, mother of Telemachus, queen of Ithaca
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Demodocus
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blind singer of the Phaeacians
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Odysseus
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King of Ithaca; son of Laertes and Anticleia
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Laertes
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Aged father of Odysseus
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Broadsea
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challenges Odysseus in Phaecia
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Eurylochus
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kin of Odysseus and his second in command
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Elpenor
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companion of Odysseus; fell off roof when staying ay Circe’s Island
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Melanthius
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Traitorous goatherd of Odysseus
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Zeus
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Supreme ruler of gods and men
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Eumaeus
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faithful swineherd of Odysseus
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Theoclymenus
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Argive seer of prophetic lineage, son of Polyphides
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Poseidon
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God of the earthquake; ruler of the seas
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Eurymachus
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second leading suitor of Penelope
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Nestor
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Aged king of Pylos
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Halithereses
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Ithacan elder with prophetic powers
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Orestes
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son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, the avenger of his father
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Cyclops
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a cannibal clan of one-eyed giants; also a name for Polyphemus in particular
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Polyphemus
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One-eyed cannibalistic giant, blinded by Odysseus
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Charybdis
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monster in the form of a giant whirlpool, located across from Scylla
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Circe
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Enchantress, goddess, daughter of Helois, changes men to swine
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Scylla
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man eating monster that lives in a Cliffside cavern opposite the whirlpool Charybdis
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Hermes
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Messenger of Zeus
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Menelaus
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King if Sparta; husband of Helen
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Medon
Definition
herald of Odysseus in Ithaca
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Nausicaa
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Young daughter of Alcinous and Arete
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Athena
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Daughter of Zeus
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Philoetius
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cowherd loyal to Odysseus
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Agamemnon
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king of Mycenae, son of Atreus, husband of Clytemnestra, murdered by wife, supreme commander of all Achaea’s armies
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Calypso
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Nymph, daughter of Atlas, home is on the island of Ogygia
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Achilles
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son of Peleus and Thetis, grandson of Aeacus, and commander of the Myrmidons, Achaean allies, at Troy
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Eurycleia
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faithful old nurse of Odysseus and Telemachus, attendant of Penelope
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Mentor
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son of Alcimus, Ithacan friend of Odysseus, often impersonated by Athena
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Helen
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wife of Menelaus; reason for the Trojan War due to her being kidnapped by Paris
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Argos
Definition
dog of Odysseus
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Aeaea
Definition
island home of Circe
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Argos
Definition
city or district in the northeastern Peloponnese, or the general region of the Achaeans, mainland Greece
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Hades
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represents the underworld
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Island of the Sun
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Helios’ island where Odysseus’ men eat his cattle
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Ithaca
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small island off west central coast of Hellas; home of Odysseus; exact location disputed
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Lacedaemon
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city and kingdom of Menelaus, in the southeastern Peloponnese
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Land of the Dead
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where the deceased go after they die
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Phaeacia
Definition
land ruled by King Alcinous
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Pylos
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lands ruled by King Nestor
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Sparta
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capital city of Lacedaemon, home of Menelaus and Helen
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Troy
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Where the Trojan War took place, capital city of the Troad and alternatively called Ilium
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Ogygia
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Island in the Mediterranean; home of the nymph Calypso
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