Characters from The Odyssey (English Honors Sandt)

Poseidon

god of the sea and earthquakes, father of Polyphemus

Athena

goddess of wisdom, courage, strategy, and warfare, helps Odysseus in his return and revenge on the suitors

Poseidon

god of the sea and earthquakes, father of Polyphemus

Athena

goddess of wisdom, courage, strategy, and warfare, helps Odysseus in his return and revenge on the suitors

Odysseus

the epic hero, trying to return to Ithaca, witty, brave, prideful

Telemachus

son of Odysseus and Penelope

Polyphemus

cyclops that ate some of Odysseus's men, was blinded by Odysseus

Tiresias

a blind prophet that Odysseus visits in the land of the dead

Homer

author of the Odyssey

Eurylochus

Odysseus's second in command, convinced the crew to eat the cattle

Eumaeus

Odysseus's loyal swineherd in Ithaca

Calypso

nymph who held Odysseus captive on the island of Ogygia for 7 years

Laertes

Odysseus's father

Scylla

6 headed man eating monster (across the channel from Charybdis)

Charybdis

a large whirlpool located across from Scylla

Antinous

leader of the suitors, disobeyed the Greek value of hospitality, plots to kill Telemachus, killed by Odysseus

Eurynome

faithful housekeeper and Penelope's friend

Eurymachus

leading suitor with Antinous, killed by Odysseus

Alcinous

king of the Phaeacian, to whom Odysseys tells his story, helps him get home

Circe

tricked Odysseus's men and turned them into pigs, lived on Aeaea

Zeus

god of the sky and thunder, king of the gods

Helios

the sun god, his sacred cattle was killed by Odysseus's men

Homer

Odysseus