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Enlgish Odyssey people
the characters form the Odyssey
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English
9th Grade
12/15/2009

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Odysseus
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The main character of The Odyssey
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Penelope
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Odysseus' wife
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Telemakhos
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Odysseus and Penelope's son
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Laertes
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Odysseus' dad
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Antikleia
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Odysseus' mom
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Eurykleia
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the nurse who reveals the truth about Odysseus' identity from when she was washing his feet, she noticed his scar
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Eumaios
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faithful swineherd, he is always faithful and loyal to Odysseus no matter where he is
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Philotius
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cowherd, he is one of the fighters at the end of the book
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Eurymakhos
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the 2nd suitor in command, he is the second one to die at the end
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Argos
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the very old dog that has been Odysseus' since when he was a puppy
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Antinoos
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the head suitor, evil man
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Eupithes
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Antinoos' father
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Melanthios
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goatherd-->the main traitor who is literally "hanging" from the roof at the end of the book.
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Melantho
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unfaithful, Penelope raised her as a servant, Odysseus calls her a slut and many names
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Agamemnon
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king of Mycenae, killed by his wife because he killed their daughter before the war. When he returned home, he had a girlfriend and the wife had a boyfriend
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Tiresias
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gives Odysseus directions, DON'T TOUCH THE COWS!!! he gives prophesies about Odysseus
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Alcinous
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Nausicaa's father
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Nausicaa
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the princess who rescues Odysseus and helps him
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Zeus
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the main god of the gods in mythology
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Athena
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the god throughout the entire book who guides and helps Odysseus every step of the way
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Polyphemus
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the Cyclops
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Poseidon
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the sea god who's main goal is to kill Odysseus
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Calypso
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helps Odysseus (island) she also harms by entrapping
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Kirke
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the witch who turns the men into swine
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Hermes
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a god who gives great advice. Wayfinder, see Calypso
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Menelous
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has to do with Helen, the king of Sparta
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Ogygia
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Calypso's island
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Aeolus
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the next island Odysseus stopped at, the keeper of the wind lived here with his family. Odysseus and his men lived on Aeolus for a month to recover
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