Odyssey 20 Characters
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ClomeKnight on November 10, 2010
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Ms. Anthony's Test Books 1-12
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Latin | English |
|---|---|
| Aegisthus |  had affair with Clymenestra, wife of Agamemnon |
| Agamemnon | Greek king; killed by wife; brother of Menalaus |
| Alcinous | King of Phaeacia; gave Odysseus ship |
| Athena | daughter of Zeus; goddess of wisdom and war |
| Calyspo | sea nymph rescues Odysseus and for him to be her husband |
| Charybdis | whirlpool monster; swallows the sea and everything in in its path 3x a day and vomits it |
| Circe | bewitching queen of Aeaea; nymph with the lovely braids |
| Clymenestra | wife of Agamemnon; killed him |
| Elpenor | drunken crewmember fell off Circe's roof and died |
| Hermes | messenger for gods; god of medicine; giant killer |
| Menalaus | King of Sparta; red hair; last Achean to return from Trojan War; Proteus told Odysseus is alive |
| Nausicaa | daughter of generous King Alcinous; Princess of Phaeacia; gave Odysseus clothes and advised to see her father |
| Nestor | King of Pylos |
| Odysseus | Achaean King; King of Ithica; angered gods and is trying to get home |
| Penelope | wife of Odysseus |
| Polyphemus | Cyclops Odysseus blinds; son of Poseidon |
| Poseidon | god of the sea; earth shaker; brother of Zeus and Hades |
| Scylla | 6-headed; fanged; 12-legged monster; eats 6 of Odysseus' crew |
| Telemachus | son of Odysseus |
| Zeus | ruler of gods |
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