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The Odyssey
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English
9th Grade
04/19/2009

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Odysseus
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hero of the story who recounts his battle at Troy
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Penelope
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Odysseus's wife who is being courted by many suitors
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Athena
Definition
daughter of Zeus who helps Odysseus
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Poseidon
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God of the sea. Was stranded in Ethiopia and then came back and sank Odysseus's ship
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Zeus
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God of everyone. In charge of the Mt. Olympus meetings
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Antinous
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most arrogant of Penelope's suitors
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Menalaus
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friend of Odysseus and king of Sparta
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Calypso
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goddess who keeps Odysseus kidnapped on her island
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Telemachus
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Odysseus's son who sets out on a voyage to find him
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Laertes
Definition
Odysseus's father
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Helen
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Queen of Sparta
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Nausicaa
Definition
princess of the Phaeacians who discovers Odysseus after his boat sinks
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Demodocus
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blind bard who sings of Odysseus's adventures
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Pisasatrus
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accompanies Telemachus on his journey
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Nestor
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King of Pylos who helps out Telemachus
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Alcinous
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King of the Phaeacians who welcomes Odysseus
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Chapters 5-8
Definition
tell the story of Odysseus walking to the beach to the palace and then eating food
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Chapter 1-4
Definition
tell the story of Telemachus who barely says one word and his journey from place to place
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Ithaca
Definition
Odysseus's hometown
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Homer
Definition
author of the Odyssey
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Mentes
Definition
Athena's disguise when she goes to visit Telemachus
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Pylos
Definition
sandy city where Nestor lives
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Achilles
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fought in the Trojan War with Odysseus. A godlike man whose only weak spot was his heel
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Sparta
Definition
city where Menelaus and Helen live
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Ogygia
Definition
the name for Calypso's island
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Hermes
Definition
messenger of the gods
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Ino
Definition
rescues Odysseus when Poseidon wrecks his ship after leaving Calypso's island
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Asteris
Definition
where the suitors sail to kill Odysseus
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Phaeacian men and women
Definition
known for harassing people
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Arete
Definition
Queen of the Phaeacians
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Ares and Aphrodite
Definition
secret lovers who are chained to a wall when the father discovers their affair
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Ismarus
Definition
city of the Cicones
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Cicones
Definition
people who live in Ismarus who are plundered and pillaged by Odysseus and his men
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Lotus-eaters
Definition
people who intoxicate Odysseus's men into forgetting their memories of home
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Cyclopes
Definition
giant one eyed monsters
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Polyphemus
Definition
Poseidon's son, a cyclopes, who is blinded by Odysseus and his men
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Nobody
Definition
Odysseus tells Polyphemus that this is his name
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Aeolus
Definition
ruler of the winds
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Aeolia
Definition
the home of Aeolus
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Laestrygonians
Definition
a race of powerful giants who turn Odysseus & his men into dinner
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Antiphates
Definition
king of the Laestrygonians
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moly
Definition
an herb to protect Odysseus from Circe's drug
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Aeaea
Definition
home of Circe
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Circe
Definition
beautiful witch goddess who lives in Aeaea
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Hades
Definition
the realm of the dead
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Tiresias
Definition
blind prophet who tells Odysseus how to get home
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Elpenor
Definition
youngest of Odysseus's crew who breaks his neck when he falls from the roof
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Anticleia
Definition
the mother of Odysseus
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Clytemnestra
Definition
wife of Agamemnon who murders him
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Neoptolemus
Definition
son of Achilles
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Ajax
Definition
an Achaean king who killed himself after he lost a contest with Odysseus
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Agamemnon
Definition
king of Mycenae and leader of the Achaean army. Brother of Menalaus
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King Minos
Definition
king of Crete and Aegean Sea
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Heracles
Definition
son of Zeus
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Orion
Definition
hunter and great slayer of animals
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Sisyphus and Tantalus
Definition
two people suffering in Hades
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Scylla
Definition
a six headed monster who swallows one sailor for each head
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Charybdis
Definition
an enormous whirlpool
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Thrinacia
Definition
the island of the sun god
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Eurylochus
Definition
outspoken Achaean who defies Odysseus
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Chapters 9-12
Definition
flashback to the stories between Troy and Ogygia
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Eumaeus
Definition
a loyal shepherd who helps Odysseus reclaim his throne in Ithaca
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Theoclymenus
Definition
fleeing persecution for a crime of maslaughter
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Eurymachus
Definition
the deceitful suitor who pretends to care about Telemachus's well-being
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Melanthius
Definition
suitor who kicks Eumaeus and is a jerk to Odysseus
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Irus
Definition
beggar who insults Odysseus and challenges him to a boxing match
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Eurycleia
Definition
Odysseus and Penelope's loyal nurse
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Apollo
Definition
the archer god
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Philoetius
Definition
Odysseus's friend who helps him defeat the suitors
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Melanthius
Definition
beggar who tries to defeat Odysseus but is locked in a closet by Eumaeus
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