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the odyssey

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Aeaea   home of Circe, the enchantress and goddess  
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Alcinous   king of phaeacia. odysseus tells the story of his adventures to alcinous's court  
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calypso   beautiful nymph goddess who keeps odysseus on her island for several years  
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charybdis   female monster who sucks in water 3 times a day to form a whirlpool  
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cicones   people live on the southwestern coast of Thrace who who battle Odysseus and his men and crew  
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circe   enchantress n godes who turns Odysseus and his men into swine  
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cyclops   see Polyphemus, below  
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erebus   dark area of underworld where the dead rise  
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eurylochus   a member of odysseus loyal crew  
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lotus eaters   people who feed Odysseus men lotus plants to make them forget ithaca  
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phaeacia   island kingdom ruled by king alcinous  
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polyphemus   son of sea god poseidon , a one eyed giant  
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scylla   female monster with six heads, each head having a triple row of fangs  
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sirens   sea nymphs whose beautiful ans mysterious music lures sailors to steer their ships toward dangerous rocks  
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teirseias   famous blind prophet from the city of thebes, odysseous meets him in the land of the dead  
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thrinakia   island where the sun god helios keeps his cattle  
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antinous   one of Penelope's mail suitores; an arrogant and mean young noble from ithica  
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eumaeus   swineherd, one of odysseus loyal servants  
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penelope   odysseus faithful wife  
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philoeteus   cowherd, one of odysseus loyal servant  
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telemachus   odysseus son  
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apollo   god of poetry, music, prophecy, medicine, and archery  
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athena   goddes of wisdom n zeus's favorite doughter  
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cronos   titan who ruled the world until his son zeus overthrows him  
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helios   sun god  
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hephaestus   god of metalworks  
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hermes   messenger god  
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poseidon   god of sea  
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zeus   the most powerful god , his home is olympus  
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