Characters in the odyssey
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- Created by: Elizabeth Swan
- Created on: 29-05-13 15:54
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- The Odyssey's Characters.
- Poseidon
- He has a trident,a chariotand 4 long-maned hoeses
- Epithets: Lord of the Earthquake, grinder of the earth.
- He was in etheopia when athene askes zeus to let osysseus go.
- His palace is at Aegae.
- The father of Polyphemus.
- Hermes
- Envoy = messanger
- sandals of untarnished gold.
- Winged helmet
- Golden wand
- Gives Odysseus moly (herb).
- The giant killer/slayer
- Ino
- Ino of the thin ankles
- Enchanted veil to put around Odysseus's waist to protect him.
- Tells Odysseus to remove all his clothes.
- She was once a woman but now lives in the sea as a godess
- Dawn
- Rosy fingered
- Calypso says she fell in love with a mortal but it wasn't allowed.
- She signifies the passing of time - "Enthroned her self in the sky".
- Athene
- Goddess of war and wisdom.
- She was on the Greek's side of the trojan war.
- Also known as "Pallas Athene"
- Wears the aegis but ther's no evidence.
- The un-sleeping child of Zeus.
- She begged Zeus to let Odysseus go from Calypso because she thought he had suffered enough.
- Poseidon
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