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Odyssey
SCA 1st Semester Final
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English
9th Grade
12/19/2011
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Achilles
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Trojan war hero; dead
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Aeoulus
 Definition
king of Aeolia; god of wind
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Alcinous
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king of Phaecia
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Antinous
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suitor
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Argos
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killed by Hermes
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Athene
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clear-eyed goddess
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Calypso
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sea nymph; captures Odysseus
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Charybodis
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monster that sucks up water
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Circe
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sorceress that turns Odysseus's men into animals
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Cyclops (Polyphemus)
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eats Odysseus's men while holding them captive in his cave
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Eumaeus
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the swineherd
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Eurmachus
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suitor
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Eurycleia
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Odysseus's nurse
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Helen
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Menelaus's wife; reason Trojan war was fought
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Hermes
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messenger god; killer of Argos
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Leartes
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Odysseus's dad
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Melanthius
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servant of Odysseus
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Menelaus
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king of Lacedaemon
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Mentor
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Athene disguises herself as him several times
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Nausicaa
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Alcinous's daughter; helps Odysseus when he lands on Phaecia
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Odysseus
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main character
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Penelope
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Odysseus's faithful wife
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Poseidon
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the earth-shaker; mad at Odysseus for blinding his son, the Cyclops; god of the sea
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Scylla
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6 headed monster
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Sirens
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their song casts a spell
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Telemachus
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son of Odysseus and Penelope
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Zeus
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son of Kronos
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Ithaca
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Odysseus's home
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Mount Olympus
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home of gods
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Pylos
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Nester lives here; 1st place Telemachus goes
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Lacedaemon
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2nd place Telemachus goes
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Phaecia
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where King Alcinous lives
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Ismarus
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ling of Ciconians; place Odysseus sacks
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Land of Lotus Eaters
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make flower that makes you never want to leave
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Land of the Cyclops
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where Polyphemus lives
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Aeolia
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where Aeulus lives
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Laestrygoina
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where giants and King Antiphates are
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Hades
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land of the dead
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Island of Thrinacia
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Helios and his sacred cows
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Island of Ogyia
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Calypso's island
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1st place Odysseus goes
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Troy
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2nd place Odysseus goes
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Ismarus (sacking Cicones)
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3rd place Odysseus goes
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Lotus-eaters
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4th place Odysseus goes
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Cyclops
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5th place Odysseus goes
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Aeolia
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6th place Odysseus goes
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almost Ithaca
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7th place Odysseus goes
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Aeolia
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8th place Odysseus goes
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Laestrygonia
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9th place Odysseus goes
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Circe's Island
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10th place Odysseus goes
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Sirens
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12th place Odysseus goes
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Island of Thrinacia (Helios)
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13th place Odysseus goes
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Scylla & Charybodis
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14th place Odysseus goes
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Ogyia
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15th place Odysseus goes
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Phaecia
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16th place Odysseus goes
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Ithaca
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Homer
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believed to be a blind bard; seven cities claim to be his birthplace, including Athens; maybe woman; maybe scribe; maybe more than one man; maybe never existed
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