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English
9th Grade
12/16/2010
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Goddess of arts and science
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Muses
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King of Ithica, father of Telemachus
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Odysseus
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God of gods and sky. Mist powerful. Weather,protector
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Zues
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God of Sea, earthquakes, and storms at sea.
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Poseidon
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Goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare
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Athena
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Odysseus' wife
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Penelope
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Odysseus and Penelope's son
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Telemachus
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Odysseus' Father
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Laertes
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Cyclops
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Polyphemus
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Odysseus name that he tells Cyclops
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Nohbdy
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God of winds
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Aeolus
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Circe
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Enchantress who helped Odysseus
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Blind prophet who advised Odysseus
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Tiresias
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Fell off roof, drunk. Shipmate. Sees Odysseus in underworld
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Elphenor
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Odysseus' Mother
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Anticlea
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Lures Odysseus by songs
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Sirens
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Nymph. Sea Monster. Dangerous Rock.
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Scylla
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Whirlpool
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Charybdis
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God of Sun
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Helios
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Member of Crew
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Eurylochus
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Swineherd and trend of Odysseus
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Eumaeus
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Leader among suitors
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Antinous
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To defeat
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Vanquish
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Inappropriate, improper, excessive
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Undue
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To act without preparation, to make due with what's available
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Improvise
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Prevented
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Preclude
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payback,punishment for misdeed
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Retribution
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Freedom of consequences
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Impunity
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To set right, remedy
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Redress
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Able to be felt, easily perceived
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Palable
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Break up, collapse; disaster
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Debacle
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Luxurious mansion
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Palatial
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Lazily, Idly
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Indolently
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useless, hopeless
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Futile
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Start up
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Instigate
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Reduce in value
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Depreciate
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One who intrudes;trespasser
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Interloper
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Hate
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Mis
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Onym
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Name
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Log
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Word, study, speech
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love
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Phil
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Chief, first
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Arch
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Water
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Hydr
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Life
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Bio
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Marriage
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Gam
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Antrop
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Man (human kind) Anthropology
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Good
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Ben
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Believe
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Cred
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Faith
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Fid
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Grat
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Thanks
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Tort
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Twist
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Flesh
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Carn
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Acu
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Sharp
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Viv
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live
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Dura
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Hard, Lasting
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