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The Odyssey

major characters and places

AB
Menelaosson of Aretes, husband of Helen, brother of Agamemnon
Phaiakiaa kingdon
Kalypsoa lovely nymph, immortal and most beautiful, who craved him for her own
Styxriver in the underworld
Penelopemother of Telemachus, wife of Odysseus
Poseidongod of earhtquake
Athenathe grey-eyed goddess
Odysseusthe wanderer, harried for years on end, after he plundered the stronghold on the proud height of Troy
Hyperiaa country wide of dancing grounds, but near them were overbearing Kyklopes
Kyklopeswhose power could not be turned from pillage
Nausikaaa daughter of Alkinoos
Alkinoosking of the Phaiakians
AreteWhen she grew up, Alkinoos married her and holds her dear. When she walks the town they murmur and gaze, as though she were a goddess.
Ekheneosan old man, eldest of the Phaiakians, an oracle
Menelaosbrother of Agamemnon, husband of Helen
Skheria Islandwhere Phaiakians migrated


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