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| hero of the story who recounts his battle at Troy |
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| Odysseus's wife who is being courted by many suitors |
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| daughter of Zeus who helps Odysseus |
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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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| God of everyone. In charge of the Mt. Olympus meetings |
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| most arrogant of Penelope's suitors |
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| friend of Odysseus and king of Sparta |
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| goddess who keeps Odysseus kidnapped on her island |
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| Odysseus's son who sets out on a voyage to find him |
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| princess of the Phaeacians who discovers Odysseus after his boat sinks |
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| blind bard who sings of Odysseus's adventures |
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| accompanies Telemachus on his journey |
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| King of Pylos who helps out Telemachus |
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| King of the Phaeacians who welcomes Odysseus |
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| tell the story of Odysseus walking to the beach to the palace and then eating food |
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| tell the story of Telemachus who barely says one word and his journey from place to place |
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| Athena's disguise when she goes to visit Telemachus |
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| sandy city where Nestor lives |
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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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| city where Menelaus and Helen live |
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| the name for Calypso's island |
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| rescues Odysseus when Poseidon wrecks his ship after leaving Calypso's island |
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| where the suitors sail to kill Odysseus |
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| known for harassing people |
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| secret lovers who are chained to a wall when the father discovers their affair |
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| people who live in Ismarus who are plundered and pillaged by Odysseus and his men |
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| people who intoxicate Odysseus's men into forgetting their memories of home |
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| Poseidon's son, a cyclopes, who is blinded by Odysseus and his men |
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| Odysseus tells Polyphemus that this is his name |
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| a race of powerful giants who turn Odysseus & his men into dinner |
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| king of the Laestrygonians |
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| an herb to protect Odysseus from Circe's drug |
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| beautiful witch goddess who lives in Aeaea |
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| blind prophet who tells Odysseus how to get home |
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| youngest of Odysseus's crew who breaks his neck when he falls from the roof |
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| wife of Agamemnon who murders him |
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| an Achaean king who killed himself after he lost a contest with Odysseus |
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| king of Mycenae and leader of the Achaean army. Brother of Menalaus |
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| king of Crete and Aegean Sea |
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| hunter and great slayer of animals |
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| two people suffering in Hades |
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| a six headed monster who swallows one sailor for each head |
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| the island of the sun god |
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| outspoken Achaean who defies Odysseus |
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| flashback to the stories between Troy and Ogygia |
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| a loyal shepherd who helps Odysseus reclaim his throne in Ithaca |
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| fleeing persecution for a crime of maslaughter |
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| the deceitful suitor who pretends to care about Telemachus's well-being |
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| suitor who kicks Eumaeus and is a jerk to Odysseus |
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| beggar who insults Odysseus and challenges him to a boxing match |
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| Odysseus and Penelope's loyal nurse |
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| Odysseus's friend who helps him defeat the suitors |
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| beggar who tries to defeat Odysseus but is locked in a closet by Eumaeus |
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