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Odyssey Characters
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05/21/2005

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Achaea
Definition
Greece
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Achilles
Definition
almost immortal (dipped in River Styx except for ankle), hero of Underworld, hero of Trojan war
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Aeaea
Definition
Circe's island
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Aeetes
Definition
Circe's brother
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Aegisthus
Definition
married to Cassandra, stole Agamemnon's wife Clytemnestra
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Aeolus
Definition
master of the wind
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Agamemnon
Definition
commander of Greek army, brother of Menelaus, married to Clytemnestra, stold Cassandra from Aegisthus and was murdered by Aegisthus and Clytemnestra
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Ajax
Definition
son of Teleman, Odysseus beat him in the contest at Phaecia, he died
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Alcinous
Definition
king of Phaecia, uncle and husband of Arete, father of Laodamus and Nausicaa
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Anticleia
Definition
Odysseus's mom
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Antinous
Definition
bad suitor
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Antiphates
Definition
king of Laestrygonians (man eating giants)
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Arete
Definition
Queen of Phaecia
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Argo
Definition
(Jason) only 1 to pass Clashing Rocks because Hera sped him through
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Argos
Definition
Odysseus's dog
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Athena
Definition
goddess of wisdom
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Calliope
Definition
starts the story
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Calypso
Definition
keeps Odysseus captive
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Cassandra
Definition
Agamemnon's lover, Aegisthus's wife
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Castor and Pollux
Definition
sons of Zeus, Leda, and Tyndareus
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Charybdis
Definition
monster w/ the water, spitting out, etc.
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Circe
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kept Odysseus captive, turned his men into pigs
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Clashing Rocks
Definition
lethal rocks near Scylla and Charybdis
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Clytemnestra
Definition
Agamemnon's wife, Aegisthus's lover
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Demodocus
Definition
blind bard at Phaecia
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Elpenor
Definition
had the drunk accident on Circe's island
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Eurycleia
Definition
Odysseus's nurse
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Eurylochus
Definition
Odysseus's 2nd in command
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Eurymachus
Definition
outwardly good, inwardly bad suitor
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Furies
Definition
evil birds
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Halitherses
Definition
old prophet from Ithaca
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Helen
Definition
Menelaus's wife, Paris's lover
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Helios
Definition
sun god; they ate his cattle
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Heracles/Hercules
Definition
Hebe's husband, sort of a god, 1/2 a year in Olympus
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Hermes
Definition
giant killer, messenger god, prophesies
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Ilium
Definition
Troy
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Ino
Definition
gives Odysseus a scarf
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Ismarus (Cicones)
Definition
they delay and are vanquished
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Ithaca
Definition
Odysseus's home
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Laertes
Definition
Odysseus's dad
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Laodamus
Definition
Alcinous and Arete's son
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Laestrygonians
Definition
giants who eat men
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Leda
Definition
Zeus's lover, Tyndareus's wife
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Lotus Eaters
Definition
they want to stay there
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Meea
Definition
Jason's lover, Circe's neice
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Medon
Definition
Odysseus's herald (they spare him)
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Menelaus
Definition
Helen's husband, Agamemnon's brother
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Mentes
Definition
Athena dresses up as him
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Mentor
Definition
Odysseus's friend, Athena impersonates him
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Nausicaa
Definition
falls in love with Odysseus, Alcinous and Arete's daughter
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Nestor
Definition
king of Pylos, oldest Achaen chieftan
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Ogygia
Definition
Calypso's island
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Olympus
Definition
mountain of gods
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Orestes
Definition
Agamemnon and Clytemnestra's son, kills Aegisthus
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Patroclus
Definition
fought with Achilles at Troy
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Pelias and Thetis
Definition
Achilles's parents
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Penelope
Definition
Odysseus's wife
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Phaecians
Definition
those who are subjectos of Arete and Alcinous
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Phemius
Definition
Ithacan bard (they spare him)
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Polyphemus
Definition
son of Poseidon, cyclops
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Poseidon
Definition
earthquake/sea god
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Pylos
Definition
Telemachus goes there for info on Odysseus, Nestor is king there
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Scheria
Definition
island of Phaecians
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Scylla
Definition
monster in the cave, 6 heads
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Sirens
Definition
women who sing and lure guys
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Sisyphus
Definition
always trying to move the boulder in the underworld
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Sparta
Definition
1 place where Telemachus goes for info on Odysseus
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Styx
Definition
river of immortality, Achilles was dipped in it
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Tantalus
Definition
grape/water dude in Underworld
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Tiresias
Definition
blind prophet who Odysseus goes to see in Underworld
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Telemachus
Definition
Odysseus's son
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Thrinacia
Definition
Helios's island
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Tityus
Definition
Zeus is mad at him because he has an affair with Leta; tortured in Underworld
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Trojans
Definition
Greeks' enemies
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Zeus
Definition
king of the gods @ Olympus
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Agelaus
Definition
suitor
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Amphinomus
Definition
outwardly nice suitor
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Ctesippus
Definition
suitor
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Dolius
Definition
Melanthius's dad, servant at Odysseus's house
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Eumaeus
Definition
the swineherd who helps Odysseus
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Eupithes
Definition
father of Antinous, Telemachus kills him
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Eurynome
Definition
Penelope's housekeeper
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Irus
Definition
beggar who Odysseus beats up
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Leodes
Definition
bard suitor
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Melanthius
Definition
goatherd who they hang from the rafters
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Philoetius
Definition
cowherd loyal to Odysseus
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Theoclymenus
Definition
seer
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Minos
Definition
king of Crete, labyrinth w/ Minotaur
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Orion
Definition
hunter
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