ODYSSEY TEST
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- antiphates
- king of laistrygonians; drank blood; man eating creature
- odysseus
- king of ithaca; wife of penelope and dad of tele; gone for 19 years
- kalypso
- sea nymph; holds ody captive for 8 years on Ogygia; "pretty braids"
- kirke
- goddess who tricks ody's men and seduces ody; if he stays 1 year, she will tell him how to get home; tells him about skylla and kharybdis; ody resists her power with hermes' help
- teiresias
- greatest prophet; ody sent by kirke to see him to find out about his future
- antinoos
- mean suitor; wants tele dead; rude and malicious
- alkinoos
- king of skheria (phaiakians); known for giving ppl ships and someone to steer them home; wife and uncle of arete
- telemakhos
- ody and penelope's son; embarks on journey; coming of age
- athena
- goddess of wisdom; advisor to tele and ody; discused as little girl and mentor
- poseidon
- god of seas; hates ody b/c he blinded his son; makes waves so ody can't get back to ithaca
- helios
- sun god; cattle eaten by ody's men while he was sleeping (punishment by zeus)
- dawn
- "rosy fingers"; beginning and end of every book
- hermes
- messenger of gods; tells kalypso to let ody go; helps ody escape kirke's powers
- agamemnon
- trojan war hero; killed by wife and lover; ody didn't know he was dead; tells ody never to trust women; bro of menelaus
- skylla
- 6 headed monster; destroys ships; will lose 6 men
- laeretes
- ody's dad; resides on farm outside of ithaca
- arete
- queen of skheria (phaiakians); honored; opinion valued; if ody respects her, she will tell him how to get home; wife of alkinoos
- achilles
- trojan hero; first thing he asked ody was if his son was ok; meets ody in underworld; father-son theme
- tantalus
- punished with fruit and water; ody meets him in hades
- menelaus
- bro of ags; king of sparta; helen's hubby; helps tele
- proteus
- old man of the sea; works for poseidon; tells of the 3 warriors (ach, ags, ody)
- nausikaa
- daughter of alkinoos and arete; helps ody get into dad's palace; xenia; beautiful; sees ody naked
- aiolos
- keeper of winds; gives ody bag of all winds except necessary one to get home (men open bag--back to where they started)
- aias
- trojan hero; holds a grudge against ody for wining achilles' armour; meets ody in underworld
- mentor
- ody's friend; athena discuises herself as him to help tele; takes care of ody's home...kinda
- clytemnestra
- wife of ags; kills him with lover aigisthos
- ino
- goddess of the sea who saves ody by giving him her veil and telling him that he must throw it back and not look back; daughter of cadmus; mortal woman
- aigisthos
- clytemnestra's lover; helps to kill agamemnon
- sirenes
- beautiful women who lure men to their deaths by singing; ody ties himself up, puts beeswax in men's ears; instructed this by kirke
- peisistratos
- nestor's son; sent with tele to sparta; tele's companion
- orestes
- ag's son; kill aigisthos and clytemnestra to avenge his father's death
- elpenor
- youngest of ody's men; falls asleep on roof drunk and falls off and dies; DOESN'T GET PROPER BURIAL
- antikleia
- ody's mom; tells him what is happening; died because she missed ody so much
- helen
- "face that launched 1000 ships"; started trojan war; wife of menelaus; demanding and controlling
- zeus
- king of gods; plan=ody home+tele helped
- sisyphus
- rock died; meets in underworld; son of aeolos and enarete
- nestor
- former warrior; tele goes to him about ody; wise; knows little about ody
- penelope
- wife of ody; mom of tele; invaded by suitors; miserable
- eurylokhos
- one of ody's men 2nd in command; doesn't trust ody and doesn't obey him
- kharybdis
- whirlpool; 3 times sucks down then spews back up; will lose all men
- nohbdy
- ody in discuise; blinds polyphemos
- polyphemos
- poseidon's son; kyklops; blinded by ody