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| King of Mycenae,Greek leader at Troy muredered by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthos on his return home, brother of Menelaus |
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| Greek hero at Troy drowned on return trip after defying the gods. |
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| Clytemnestra's lover, usurper of Agamemnon's throne at Mycenae |
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| King of the winds; gives Odysseus a bag of winds |
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| Homer's name for the Greeks (as opposed to Trojans) |
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| The greatest Greek warrior at Troy |
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| King of Phaecians, host to Odysseus;father of Nausicaa,husband of Arete |
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| Goddess of Wisdom Battle and womenly arts ; patron of Odysseus |
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| One of Odysseuss' crew falls of Circe's roof and dies |
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| The dark land of the dead |
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| Faithful swineheard of Odysseus |
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| Father of Antinous,killed Laertes |
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| Old and faithful nurse to Odysseus |
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| Second in commadn to Odysseus during his travels |
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| Rational suitor to Penelope |
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| Old friend of Odysseus in Ithaca |
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| Wife of Menelaus;carried of to Troy by Paris, causing the Trojan War |
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| Sun god whose sacred cattle are eaten by Odysseus' crew |
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| Queen of the Gods, Wife of Zeus |
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| Beggar to Penelope's suitors, stirs up a fight with Odysseus |
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| Beautiful Nymph who detains Odysseus eight years at island of Ogygia |
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| A dangerous whirlpool Odysseus must sail by |
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| Hostile giants who attack Odysseus and eat his men |
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| Old friend of Odysseus one of Athena's disquises |
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| Cyclops son of Poseidon blinded by Odysseus |
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| Fugitive who accompanies Telemachus home and interprets omens |
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