Odyssey Characters
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- Antinous
- One of Penelope's leading suitors, an arrogant and mean young noble from Ithaca.
- Penelope
- Odysseus's faithful wife.
- Eurymachus
- Suitor of Penelope.
- Eurylochus
- One of Odysseus's loyal crew.
- Telemachus
- Odysseus's son
- Hephaestus
- God of metalworking.
- Circe
- Witch-Goddess who turns Odysseus's men into swine. Also live on Aeaea.
- Eumaeus
- Swineherd, one of Odysseus's loyal servants.
- Sirens
- Sea nymphs whose beautiful and mysterious music lures sailors to steer their ships toward the rocks.
- Hermes
- Messanger god.
- Cicones
- People living on the southwestern coast of Thrace, who battled Odysseus and his men on their journey home.
- Scylla
- Female monster with six serpent heads, each head having a triple ro of fangs.
- Athena
- Favorite daughter of Zeus, the great goddess of wisdom and the arts of war and peace. Helps Odysseus on his journey.
- Calypso
- Beautiful goddess-nymph who keeps Odysseus on her island for 7 years.
- Thrinakia
- Island where the sun god Helios keeps his cattle.
- Poseidon
- God of the sea, brother of Zeus. Poseidon is the enemy of Odysseus.
- Phaeacia
- Island kingdom ruled by King Alcinous. The Phaeacians are shipbuilders and traders.
- Teiresias
- Famous blind prophet from the city of Thebes. Odysseus meets him in the Land of the Dead.
- Zeus
- The most powerful god, whose home in on Olympus.
- Erebus
- Dark area of the underworld where the dead reside.
- Lotus Eaters
- People who feed Odysseus men with lotus plants to make them forget Ithaca.
- Polyphemus
- The Cyclops blinded by Odysseues, the son of the sea god Poseidon. He lives on the island known as Sicily.
- Eurycleia
- Odysseus's old nurse.
- Apollo
- God of poetry, music, prophecy, medicine, and archery.
- Philoeteus
- Cowherd, one of Odysseus's loyal servants.
- Alcinous
- King of the Phaecia.
- Cronus
- Titan who ruled the universe until his son Zeus overthrew him.
- Charybdis
- Female monster who sucks in water 3 times a day to form a deadly whirlpool.
- Helios
- Sun god.
- Eurynome
- Penelope's housekeeper.