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The Odyssey
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8th Grade
12/03/2014

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Eurymachus
Definition

A suitor

-works with Antinous to plot against Telemachus

-killed in final battle

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Antinous
Definition

A suitor

-works with Eurymachus to plot against Telemachus

-kiled in final battle

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Melanthius
Definition

A suitor 

-helped all other suitors

-went down to the storage room to get weapons

-ocassionally stood up for Telemachus

-killed in final battle

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Philoetius
Definition

Cow herd

-stays loyal to Telemachus and Odysseus

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Eumaus
Definition

Swine herd

-stays loyal to Telemachus and Odysseus

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Odysseus
Definition

Main charachter

-king of ithaca

-leaves for the trojan war

-takes 10 years to return

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Telemachus
Definition

Odyssues' son

 

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Penelope
Definition

Wife of Odysseus

-tries to hold off on re-marrying 

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Athena
Definition

Goddess of Wisdom

-daughter of Zues

-protector of Odysseus & Telemachus

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Eurycleia
Definition

A servant

-loyal servant who nursed Odysseus and Telemachus when they were babies

-she keeps the secrets of her masters

-She keeps Telemachus’s journey secret from Penelope

-she keeps Odysseus’s identity a secret

-she recognizes a scar on his leg.

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Calypso
Definition

sea nypmph

-falls in love with odysseus

-keeps him on her island

 

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Polyphemus
Definition

cyclops

-son of poseidon

-gets tricked by Odysseus

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Laertes
Definition
Odysseus' father
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Agamemnon
Definition

King of mycenae

-helps odysseus in the Trojan War

-gets killed by his wife 

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Achilles
Definition

Soldier

-Ithaca's Best warrior

-was eventually killed (arrow to heel)

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circe
Definition

Witch goddess

-Transforms Odysseus’s crew into swine when he lands on her island.

-Hermes helps Odysseus resists Circe’s powers

-Becomes her lover, living in luxury at her side for a year.

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