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The Odyssey Characters
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05/16/2007

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Alcinous
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King of the Phaecians, Odysseus tells his story to him
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Odysseus
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King of Ithaca
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Calypso
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sea goddess who lovved Odysseus
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Circe
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enchantress who helped Odysseus, turned half of his men into swine, tells odysseus to go to the land of the dead, hades, and consult the blind prophet tiresias
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Zeus
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king of the gods
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Laertes
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Odysseus's father
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the lotus eaters
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they are drugged up on this lotus flower and witho no intent to really harm odysseus they offer the flower to his men and they get drugged up.
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Polythemus
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One of the Cyclopes. imprisons Odysseus and his crew and tries to eat them.
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Maron
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Euanthes' son, gave odysseus a goatskin full of liquor, seven golden talents, a solid silver winebowl, and 12 2-handled jars of brandy
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Aelous
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king of the winds, gave odysseus a sack of all the winds except the favorable west wind
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Elpenor
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a soldier who died by falling of circes roof hen he was drunk.
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Anticlea
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Odysseus's mom who is dead. odyesseus cant talk to her in the land of the dead because he only has enough blood to talkto tireseas
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Tiresias
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prince of thebes, blind prophet who tells odysseus of the rest of his journey in the land of the dead
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Agamemnon
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king and leader of greek forces
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Poseidon
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god of the sea, polythemus's dad
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Perimedes
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member of odysseus's crew in land of dead
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Eurylochus
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member of odysseus's crew in land of dead
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Persephone
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hades' wife
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Telemachus
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Odysseus's son
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Penelope
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Odysseus's wife
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