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Arete
Definition
Queen of phaeacians. Shes the wife of Alcinous. Mother of Nausicaa.
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Mentor
Definition
A LOYAL FRIEND OF ODYSSEUS WHO HELPS TELEMACHUS IT IS UNDER HIS GUISE THAT ATHENA OFTEN APPEARS TO TELEMACHUS.
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LOTUS EATERS
Definition
PEOPLE THAT EAT LOTUS PLANTS LETHARGIC DRUG THAT TAKES AWAY ANY DESIRE TO RETURN HOME.
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EURYLOCHUS
Definition
A LEADER THAT HAS A BAD FEELING WHEN THEY GO TO CIRCE'S PLACE AND GOES TO TELL OYDYSSEUS THAT SHE HAS TURNE ALL HIS MEN INTO ANIMALS.
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HERMES
Definition
MESSENGER OF GODS. SON OF ZEUS. HE HELPS ODYSSEUS WITH CIRCE AND GIVES HIM AN HERB THAT IS STRONGER THAN CIRCE'S HERB. HE WAS ALSO SENT TO CALPSO TO RELEASE OYDSSEUS.
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HELEN OF TROY
Definition
WIFE OF MENELAUS KING OF SPARATA. SHE IS THE CAUSE OF THE TROJAN WAR.
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DEMODOCUS
Definition
BLIND BARD THAT SING ABOUT THE TROJAN WAR AND MAKES ODYSSEUS UPSET AND FINALLY TELLS HIM THAT HE'S ODYSSEUS.
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ATHENA
Definition
SHE IS THE GODDESS OF WISDOM AND ODYSSEUS IS HER FAVORITE MORTAL AND SHE HELPS ODYSSEUS AND TELEMACHUS TO ITHICA.
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POLYPHEMUS
Definition
HE IS ALSO KNOWN AS CYCLOPS AND HE IS A GIANT WITH ONE EYE AND HE EATS SOME OF ODYSSEUS MEN AND SO ODYSSEUS BLINDS HIM AND POUPHEMUS IS SON OF POSIEDON AND ASK HIM TO MAKE ODYSSEUS MISERABLE WHEN HE GETS HOME.
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POSEIDON
Definition
GOD OF THE SEA AND GOT MAD AT ODYSSEUS B/C HE HURT HIS SON POLYPHEMUS.
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CALYPSO
Definition
A GODDESS NYMPH SHE HOLDS ODYSSEUS CAPIVE FOR SEVEN YEARS HOPING TO MARRY HIM. HAD TO RELEASE HIM BY ZEUS'S ORDERS.
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CIRCE
Definition
GODDESS ENCHANTRESS WHO TURNS SOME OF ODYSSEUS'S CREW INTO SWINE. BECOMES ODYSSEUS LOVER AND GIVES HIM GOOD ADVICE WHEN HE LEAVES.
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AEOLUS
Definition
MASTER OF WINDS HELPS ODYSSEUS GET WITHIN VEWING DISTANCE BUT LATER WHEN ODYSSEUS'S CREW GETS JELOUS AND THINKS HE HIDING SOMTHING FROM THEM AND OPENS THE BAG AND TAKES THEM ALL THE WAY BACK TO AEOLUS'S PALACE THAT AEOLUS THINKS ODYSSEUS IS VERY UNLUCKY AND DOESN'T HELP HIM.
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MENELAUS
Definition
KING OF SPARTA.HE WAS A COMRADE OD ODYSSEUS DURING THE TROJAN WAR. HE GETS ANGRY WHEN TELEMACHUS THE SON OF ODYSSEUS TELLS HIM ABOUT THE SUITORS ACT. BUT DOESNT HELP HIM.
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PYLOS
Definition
CITY OF KING NESTOR
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ODYSSEUS
Definition
TRYING TO GET BACK TO ITHACA
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PENELOPE
Definition
WIFE OF ODYSSEUS AND MOTHER OF TELEMACHUS.
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TELEMACHUS
Definition
SON OF ODYSSEUS AND PENELOPE STURGGLES TO GAIN HIS OWN MATURITY AND FIGHTING OFF THE PROBLEMS OF THE PALACE.
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ANTINOUS
Definition
MOST ARROGANT OF PENELOPES SUITORS. HE LEADS THE CAMPAIGN TO KILL TELEMACHUS THAT GOES TO FIND IF ODYSSEUS IS DEAD OR NOT.
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EURYMACHUS
Definition
SECOND MOST IMPROTANT SUITOR.EVIL COWARD
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AGAMEMNON
Definition
HE WAS HELENS WIFE AND MENELAUS WAS HIS BROTHER AND THEY BOTH KILL HIM AND ODYSSEUS SEES HIM IN THE LAND OF THE DEAD.
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ALCINOUS
Definition
KING OF THE PHAEACIANS AND ENCOURAGES ODYSSEUS TO TELL ABOUT HIS WANDERINGS AND HELPS HIM TO GET TO ITHACA.
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NAUSICAA
Definition
DAUGHTER OF KING ALCINOUS AND QUEEN ARETE. SHE FINDS ODYSSEUS WHEN HE WASHES ASHORE AND FINDS A LIKING TO HIM. SHE TAKES HIM TO THE PALACE.
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LAESTRYGONIANS
Definition
CANNIBALS
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SCYLLA
Definition
SEA MONSTER OF GRAY ROCK-6 HEADS
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PHAEACIA
Definition
INHABITED BY SEAFARING PEOPLE WHO WERE HOSPITABLE TO SAILORS AND FOND OF JOYOUS.
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APHRODITE
Definition
DAUGHTER OF HELEN AND MENELAUS
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achilles
Definition
commander of myrmidons, arete won for the myceaneans.
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aegisthus
Definition
seducer of clytamestra and muderer of amgamemmon.
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amphimedon
Definition
suitor killed by telemachus tells the death of suitors to agamemmnon
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amphinomus
Definition
sutior favorite of penpelopes killed by telemachus.
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anticleia
Definition
mother of odysseus
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ares
Definition
son of zues god of war lover of aphrodite
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argos
Definition
city in the noth eastern pelopenies.
dog of odysseus
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aretimus
Definition
goddess of childbirth and hunting
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clytemestra
Definition
wife of agamemmnon queen of argos
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elatus
Definition
sutior killed by eumeaus.
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elpenor
Definition
compainion of odysseus
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eurycliea
Definition
nurse of odyseeus
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hephaestus
Definition
god of sun husband of aphordite
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irus
Definition
inthacan begar arnaeus
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laertes
Definition
father of odysseus
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meltho
Definition
maid of pepelopes
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ogygia
Definition
island of clypso
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oretes
Definition
agamemmnon,and clymestra kills clymestras lover
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patroclus
Definition
brother in arms of achilles killed by hector at troy
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proteus
Definition
old man of the sea servant of poesidan
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sirens
Definition
enchantresses of the sea contip a sailor to is ruin
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sisyphus
Definition
bolder up a hill
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sparta
Definition
capital city; home of menelaus and helen
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tantalus
Definition
doomed;enternal thrist and hungry
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tiresias
Definition
blind seer of thebes retain powers even in the under world.
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theoclymenus
Definition
seer of son of polyphides
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