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Odyssey Characters
all important characters of The Odyssey
23
English
9th Grade
01/02/2011

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Aiolos
Definition
the wind god
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Alcinoos
Definition
the king of Phaicia
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Antinoos
Definition
a lead suitor
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Helen
Definition

the wife of Menelaous

(who the Trojan war was fought over)

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Paris
Definition

the prince of Troy

(he stole/persuaded Helen to come to troy with him. This began the Trojan war)

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Menelaous
Definition
The king of Sparta, Husband to Helen, Telemachus visits him second. He only tells him old war stories, but doesn't know the location of his father.
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Eurymachos
Definition
the other lead suitor
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Calypso
Definition
She held Odysseus for 8 years, and is the daughter of Atlas
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Circe
Definition
He stayed there for one year, and was there twice. (He went there the second time to bury Elphanor.) She turned his men into pigs. He stayed there optionally.
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Eumaois
Definition
the faithful swineherd who fights with Odyseus against the suitors
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Philoitios
Definition
faithful cow herder, also fought with Odysseus against suitors
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Melanthios
Definition
unfaithful goat herder, sides with suitors, tries to retrieve spears for suitors
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Eurycleia
Definition
Odysseus's old nurse who recognizes him by the scar on his leg from a wild boar
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Polyphemos
Definition
a cyclops that is blinded by Odysseus. (Poseiden is his dad)
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Posiedon
Definition
daddy to Polyphemos
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Hades
Definition

The dude and the place

*Odysseus goes there to talk to Tiresias, but he also talks to Elphanor, his mom, Achilles, and Agamemnon

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Helios
Definition
The sun god and cattle keeper
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Achilles
Definition
A good fighter who Odysseus met in Hades. He wanted to know info about his son.
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Agamemnon
Definition

*Met in Hades

*Know his story involving:

Clytiemnestra

Aigisthos

Orestes

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Nestor
Definition

the king of Pylos

(Telemachous visits him first)

he doesn't know anything about Odysseus

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Laertes

 

Definition

Odysseus's dad who lives on a farm.

*Athena makes the suitor's parents forget

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Penelope
Definition

Odysseus's wife.

(who tests him about the bed, which is made of an olive tree.)

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Telemachous
Definition
Odysseus's son who doesn't give up on his father's life and visits two places.
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