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| Homer | Supposed author of "The Odyssey." Thought he was blind. Made up around 700 b.c. Wrote 2 epics, "The Illiads," "The Odyssey." |
| Nausicaa | Daughter to King Alsinis. Princess to the Pleacians. |
| Teiresias | Blind Profit. Odyssues meets in the land of the dead. |
| Charybdis | A giant world pool. female monster who sucks in water three times a day to form a deadly whirlpool |
| Helen | Most beautiful woman in the world. King Menlaus is her husband. |
| Sirens | Sea nymph like creatures. |
| Paris | Prince of Troy. Helen ran off with Prais to Troy |
| Telemachus | Odyssues son. Not even one when they go to war. |
| Zues | Greatest God, God of all Gods. |
| Posedion | God of the seaand earthquakes. |
| Swineherd | Eumaus, Helps Odyssues. |
| Polyphemus | Giant cyclopse. Poseidon is his father. |
| Argos | Odyssues dog. |
| Calypso | A beautiful godess was on her island. |
| Scylla | Giant 6 headed, 12 legged monsters. |
| Circe | A witch. |
| Cowherd | Philotues going to help odysseus. |
| Lotus Eaters | Group of people who eat the lotus eaters. |
| Epic | Long narrative poem about a hero. |
| Epic Hero | Hero in an epic who enbodies the values of their day. |
| Rhapsodes | Singers of tales or entainers. |
| Trojan War | Between Greek kings and the people of Troy. This lasted 10 years. |
| The Wooden Horse Trick | Oddysseus idea, he makes a horse soldiers in the belly. Bring horse inside the gates. At night the soldiers come and open the gates, and they get defeated. |
| Eurycleia | Odysseus and Telemachus old nurse. |
| Odysseus | King of Ithica, epic hero. Took 10 years to get home. |
| Athena | Goddes of wisdom, always helps Odysseus. |
| Anticlea | Odysseus mother died since the war. Odysseus met her in the land of the Dead, |
| Eumaeus | Odyssues loyal servant a swineherd by occupation. |
| Helios | God of the Sun, Odysseus men eat the cattle, he kills them |
| King Menelaus | King of Sparta. |
| Antinous | Leader of the suitors. He demands Penolpe to choose a suitor. |
| Hermes | Messenger God, delivers messages. |
| Heroic Similies | extended comparsion like and as. |
| King Nestor | King of Pylos, greek king. |
| Myths | Stories that use fantasy to express ideas about life that cannot be expressed in relistic terms. |
| Alter ego | a spiritual or psychological reflection of a hero. |
| Elponor | Oddysseus men died in his adventures. |
| Final Test | Penople asks Odysseues to move the bed, the bed cant move because one part is attaced to a tree. |
| Laertes | Odysseus Father |
| Agamemnon | King and leader of Greek forces. |
| Eurymachus | Suitor |
| Perimedes | Member of Odyssues crew |
| Amphinomus | Suitor |
| Persephone | wife of Hades |
| Lampetia | nymph |
| Helios | Lord of Noon |
