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fought amoung the other greek heros at troy and now struggles to return to his kingdom in ithica. also is the husband of queen penelope and father of prince telemachus.
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odysseus's son, natural obstacle to the suitors desperatly courting his mother, he has courage and a good heart but doesnt have the poise and confidence to oppose them.
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daughter of zeus and godess of wisdom, purposeful battle, and and the womanly arts.
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god of the sea. he dispites odysseus for blinding his son, constantly hampers his journey home.
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king of gods and men, who meditates the disputes of the gods on mount olympus.
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the most arrogent of penelopes suitors. he leads the campaign to have telemachus killed.
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the war in troy was a huge major even that happens in the odyssey, odysseus gets away with his men and escape off to the sea after and end up on cyclopse territory.
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they visited the lethargic lotus eaters and were captured by the cyclopse polyphemus, only escaping by blinding him with a wooden stake.
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they re-embarked and encountered the cannibal lasstygones. odysseus's ship was the only oe to escape.