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| legendary figure doomed to eternal thirst and hunger in the underworld |
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| Blind soothsayer of Thebes |
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| King of Phaeacians, husband of Arete, father of Nausicaa |
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| Wife if Odysseus, daughter of Icarius, mother of Telemachus, queen of Ithaca |
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| blind singer of the Phaeacians |
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| King of Ithaca; son of Laertes and Anticleia |
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| challenges Odysseus in Phaecia |
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| kin of Odysseus and his second in command |
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| companion of Odysseus; fell off roof when staying ay Circe’s Island |
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| Traitorous goatherd of Odysseus |
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| Supreme ruler of gods and men |
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| faithful swineherd of Odysseus |
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| Argive seer of prophetic lineage, son of Polyphides |
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| God of the earthquake; ruler of the seas |
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| second leading suitor of Penelope |
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| Ithacan elder with prophetic powers |
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| son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, the avenger of his father |
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| a cannibal clan of one-eyed giants; also a name for Polyphemus in particular |
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| One-eyed cannibalistic giant, blinded by Odysseus |
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| monster in the form of a giant whirlpool, located across from Scylla |
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| Enchantress, goddess, daughter of Helois, changes men to swine |
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| man eating monster that lives in a Cliffside cavern opposite the whirlpool Charybdis |
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| King if Sparta; husband of Helen |
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| herald of Odysseus in Ithaca |
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| Young daughter of Alcinous and Arete |
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| cowherd loyal to Odysseus |
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| king of Mycenae, son of Atreus, husband of Clytemnestra, murdered by wife, supreme commander of all Achaea’s armies |
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| Nymph, daughter of Atlas, home is on the island of Ogygia |
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| son of Peleus and Thetis, grandson of Aeacus, and commander of the Myrmidons, Achaean allies, at Troy |
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| faithful old nurse of Odysseus and Telemachus, attendant of Penelope |
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| son of Alcimus, Ithacan friend of Odysseus, often impersonated by Athena |
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| wife of Menelaus; reason for the Trojan War due to her being kidnapped by Paris |
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| city or district in the northeastern Peloponnese, or the general region of the Achaeans, mainland Greece |
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| represents the underworld |
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| Helios’ island where Odysseus’ men eat his cattle |
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| small island off west central coast of Hellas; home of Odysseus; exact location disputed |
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| city and kingdom of Menelaus, in the southeastern Peloponnese |
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| where the deceased go after they die |
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| land ruled by King Alcinous |
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| lands ruled by King Nestor |
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| capital city of Lacedaemon, home of Menelaus and Helen |
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| Where the Trojan War took place, capital city of the Troad and alternatively called Ilium |
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| Island in the Mediterranean; home of the nymph Calypso |
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