People/gods to know for books 1-12 test

Telemachus

Odysseus’ son

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has to go to Pylos and get information about Odysseus from Menelaus and Nestor

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gets information from Mentes (Athena) that Odysseus is being held captive at Calypso, he is to kick all of the suitors out, and go to Pylos for that information

Penelope

spends the day crying and grieving for her missing husband

freaks out when she learns that the suitors are planning to kill telemachus 

 weaving trick- weaves in the day, unravels at night to avoid being with suitors

Laertes

Odysseus depressed father

isolates himself in the country due to sadness over his son's absence

continual decline over time

Eurycleia

think Eura-cleaning

trusted and loyal maid / servant

Only person Telemachus trusts for telling his travel plans

Antinous

 head Suitor

exposes Penelope's weaving scheme to everyone

plans to kill telemachus on his return home

Mentes

 " Athena”

inspires telemachus to “man up” and get house in order

tells telemachus to call an assembly and go to get more info on his father Odysseus

Mentor

real person but also disguised

trusted family friend of Odysseus

offers to limit his advice at assembly

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when Athena is disguised as him she travels with telemachus to pylos

Pisistratus

 Nester's son

goes with telemachus to Sparta

has Model Behavior of a son of a king ( Prince)

Nestor

wise Elder and phenomenal host

helps telemachus “become a man”

tells telemachus about agamemnon's homecoming and warns telemachus not to stay away from home for too long

Menelaus

Helen's husband

King of Sparta

suffers 8-year absence from his greed

tells telemachus about Odysseus

he wrestles proteus to learn where Odysseus is and then tells telemachus

Proteus

shape-shifter

old man of the sea

tells menelaus how he can get home, about agamemnon's homecoming, and where Odysseus is (Calypso’s island)

 tells Menelaus lots of stories

Clytemnestra and Aeigthus

 agamemnon's Wife and Her Lover

the two of them murder Agamemnon when he comes home from war with an ax or different blade

Orestes

agamemnon's son

God's use him as model of what telemacus should be

he avenges his dad by killing his mother and his mother's lover

Elpenor

youngest member of Odysseus’ crew

gets drunk and falls off roof breaking his neck from the spine

sort of ghost bags Odysseus to come back to Aeaea to give him a proper burial ( in Underworld)

Eurylochus

mutinous crew member

wanted to stop at Thrinacia 

made/convinces crew to eat Helios's cattle

Resisted going in Circe’s house

wants to leave when crew is turned to pigs but Odysseus wants to stay

almost always sides against Odysseus

Tiresias

blind prophet of Thebes

spoke to Odysseus warning him of dangers but Odysseus originally goes there for directions on how to get back home to Ithaca

lives down in Underworld with home of Hades

warns Odysseus to not eat sun cattle and when Odysseus returns he is to kill the suitors

also when Odysseus returns he is to sacrifice to Poseidon

Agamemnon

Odysseus is shocked when he sees him because he does not think Agamemnon should be dead

tells Odysseus women are evil and not to be trusted

uses his homecoming story to warn Odysseus,  says to arrive home secretly

Achilles

he is sad and hating life

reveals kleos does not matter when dead

he would rather be a slave up top than King of the underworld

Ajax

he is angry that he did not get Achilles armor

Anticleia

 Odysseus's mom

Odysseus is shocked to see her because she isn't supposed to be dead

she died because she was sad about Odysseus and how he disappeared

she tells Odysseus of their family

Circe-Aeaea

she also warns Odysseus to not eat the sun cattle

Odysseus stays there for one year

she turns the men to pigs

she hooks Odysseus up with what he needs for the underworld

and gives clear instructions on how to get back home to Ithaca

Calypso-Ogygia

think numbers 1 through 7

Odysseus stays for 7 years

Accuses gods of double standard when she has to give her man up

Temps and bribes Odysseus to stay at Ogygia

Helios and Zeus had a disagreement on how Odysseus's crew should be punished and she tells Odysseus of this disagreement

Aeolus

 he hosts Odysseus for a month in Aeolia

all he wants are stories

he gave Odysseus the bag of wind

he refuses to help Odysseus a second time for he fears that they are cursed by the Gods

Ino

former human-now a sea nymph

gives Odysseus a scarf to save from drowning

tells Odysseus “not to look back”  when he throws it back in the water

Alcinous

Phaecian King

honors “the stranger” with feast and contests

impressed with Odysseus and his stories

promises to take Odysseus home to Ithaca

Arete

 Odysseus approaches her first to help him

she is suspicious of Odysseus because she recognizes her clothing

she is a beloved and trusted leader

Nausicaa

she helps Odysseus get to the palace

she is concerned about her family reputation

and she asks Odysseus to remember her because he owes her his life

Demodocus

 blind Bard who entertains at Phaecian feast

sings about a fight between Achilles and Odysseus, and also sings about  aries/aphrodite/hephaestus and the trojan horse

Treated like a god well respected and Odysseus is a huge fan of him

Broadsea

taunts Odysseus at games (says he is not strong and too old)

he later says sorry and goes Odysseus special guest GIF of silver sword (like a god host should)

Zeus

 Athena's dad

sets up Odysseus's release from calypso

 since wind that forces Odysseus  to stay at helios’ Island (Thrinacia)

sends storm that kills Odysseus's crew

Poseidon

Continuously tries to make Odysseus's journey home difficult because he blinded the Cyclops (Polyphemus)

Phaecian warning that one day he will punish the Phaecians for taking the wrong person home

Athena

* daughter of Zeus
* supporter of Odysseus
* often appears in disguise
* usually as Mentor
* family friend who assists Telemachus while his father is absent
* also disguised as Mentes
* this is when she forces Telemachus to go and search for information of Odysseus
* changes appearance of people

 Hermes

sends message to Calypso to free Odysseus

gave Moly  as advice to be protected against Circe and the poisonous drug in her potion

at that time he was disguised as a Young Man

Helios/Helius

owns cattle

convinces Zeus to kill crew of Odysseus

also threatens to take his son to the underworld