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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

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