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Greek mythology Feburary 2013 enlglish honors

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Author of odyssey Homer
The muses goddes, daugher of zeus. preside over literature and the arts. sources of artistic inspiration
Helias the sun
The capital city of Troad Troy
What is troy also called Ilium
Who is telemachus grandson of Laertes and anticlia. Son of Odysseus and Penelope. heir to throne of Ithaca
Laertes Son of Arcesius. husband of anticliea father of odysseus
Zeus King of Gods.
what do Zues speheres include the sky and the weather, hospitality and rights of guests and suppliants, punishment of justice
What is Ithaca home of Odysseus, Island off the western coast of Greece
Ogygia island in the center of the sea and home of Calypso
Calypso goddess, nymph, daughter of atlas, who makes her home on the islance of Ogygia
Mt. Olympus homevof the gods
Athena Goddess, daughter of zeus, patron of human ingenuity and resourcefulness
Pylos kingdom of Nestor
Nestor son of Nelues, King of Pylians, father of antilochus, Pisistratus, thraymededs and others.
who is the oldest of the Achaen chieftains Nestor
Menelaus Son of attreus, king of Lacedaemon, brother of agamennon, husband of Helen
Sparta capital city of Lacedaemon, home of menelaus and helen
Helen daugther of zeus and leda. wife of menelaus, consort of paris.
what caused the trojan war the abucution of Helen
Achaeans collective name for all greek people, including the citizens of Ithaca
Argives alternate name for Acheaus
Antinous son of Eupithes, one of the two leading suitors
Hermes God, son of Zeus and Maia. messenger of the gods, giant killer, guide of the dead souls to the underworld
Eurcleia the old nurse of Odysseus and Telemachus, attendant of Penelope
Trojan War People of the troad and their allies arrayed against teh Achaeans
Cyclops a cannibal clan of one eyed giants; also name for Polyphemius in particular
Polyphemus cyclops, son of Poseidon and Thossa, blinded by Odysseus
Poseiden god of the sea, younger brother of Zeus, an inverterate enemy of Odysseus
Phaeacia a kindgom who alternative name is Scheria
Alcinous king of Phaecacians, husband of Arete, father or Nausicaa
Nausicaa daughter of Alcinous and Arete
Appollo son of Zeus and leto. patron of the arts, god of Archery
Lotus eaters Legendary people visted by Odysseus, they live on a plan whose fruit induces a stupor and forgetfulness of home
Circe godess of enchantress of Aeacea,who changes men to swine
Aeaea island hom eof Circe
Agamemnon King of Mycenae, son of ATreus, husband of Clytemnestra, murdered by her and Aegisthus, brother of Menalaus, supreme leader of Aethaceals enemines
Laestryhonias legendary clan of giant cannibals
Aeolus master of teh winds, father of cretheus
Eurlochus Kin of Odysseus, and his second in command
Persephone goddess of the underworld, daughter of Emeter and wife of Hades
Hades god of the underworld
Tiresias blind seer of Thebes, who retains his prohetic powers even in the underworld
Erebus the underworld
Thrinacia mythical island of Helios, the sungod where he pastured his sacred cattle
Anticleia daughter of Autolycus, wife of Laertes, mother of Odysseus
Sirens enchantressses of the sea, whose song can tempt a sailor to his ruin
Scylla man eating monster that lives in a cliffside cavern opposite the whirlpool of Charybdis
Charybdis monster in the form of a giant whirlpool, located across from Scylla
Eumaeus swineherd of Odysseus
Argos Odysseus' dog
Cronus god, son of Uranus, father of Zeus, hades, poseidon hera, demeter
Fates avenging spirts whose task it is to exact blood for when no human avenger is left alive, particulary concerned with injuiries done by one member of a family to another
Hephaestas god of fire, the great artifices, son of hera, husband of aphrodite
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