Odyssey Test

Odysseus

protagonist who fought among the other Greek heroes at Troy and now returns to Ithaca. Husband of Penelope and is a strong and courageous warrior

Telemachus

Odysseus’s son who is a natural obstacle for his mother to find a partner but has courage and a good heart

Penelope

spends her days in the palace waiting for her husband after 20 years, she is clever and loyal to her husband

Athena

goddess of wisdom and of the womanly arts. She speaks up to the other gods on Mount Olympus and serves as quite the mentor along Odysseus’s journey

Calypso

beautiful nymph who falls in love with Odysseus and holds Odysseus captive until Hermes makes her let Odysseus go

Circe

witch-goddess who transforms Odysseus’s crew into pigs when he lands on the island A

Antinous

arrogant and one of Penelope’s suitors, leads to have Telemachus killed and is never sympathetic

Eurymachus

manipulative and deceitful suitor

Eumaeus

loyal shepard who helps Odysseus reclaim the throne when he returns to Ithaca

Eurycleia

aged and loyal served who helped Odysseus and Telemachus since they were little kids

Laertes

father of Odysseus who lives on a farm in Ithaca and regains his spirit when Odysseus returns