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The Odyssey-FINAL
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9th Grade
05/26/2009

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Who is Telemachus?
Definition
Odyesseus and Penelope's son
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What is Odyesseus the king and hero of?
Definition
Ithaca and the Trojan War
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Who is Perimedes?
Definition
a guy from Odyesseus' crew
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What does Apollo do?
Definition
god of sunlight, music, poetry, medicine, law, and the tending of flocks and herds
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Who is Calypso?
Definition
an immortal sea nymph who holds Odyesseus captive for many years
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Who is Circe?
Definition
an enchantress who lives on the island of Aeaea
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Who and what does Cyclopes do?
Definition
a one eyed giant who captures Odyesseus
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Who is Scylla?
Definition
a sex-headed female sea monster
Term
Who plans to assassinate the young prince, eliminating the only opposition to their dominion over the palace?
Definition
Antinous
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What does Athena disguise as when she seeks to held Odyesseus?
Definition
a friend of the prince's grandfather-Laetres
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