Odyssey characters

Who is this character?

Odysseus

• Hero and high general of the Trojan war. Came up with trojan horse idea.

• King of Ithaca (Ithaca being a region in Peloponnese)

• Married to Penelope and father of Telemachus

• Odysseus is Greek, the Latin being: Ulysses (poems lends a slightly different interpretation than the movie)

Who is this character?

Sinon

• Was not meant to become a soldier in the war because of the draft

• Antinous the coward switches places with Sinon the brave

Who is this character?

Athena

• Ancient Greek goddess of wisdom

• Protector and guide of Odysseus

• Daughter of Zeus

Who is this character?

Telemachus

• Son of Odysseus and Penelope

Who is this character?

Penelope

• Wife of Odysseus

• Long been faithful to Odysseus despite his absence, fending off suitors

Who is this character?

Antinous

• Desires to be a suitor to Penelope

Who is this character?

Agamemnon

• Supreme leader of the armies fighting against Troy

• King of Mycenae (capital of Peloponnese)

• Odysseus is loyal to Agamemnon

• The most aura you have ever seen

What is Zeus’s law?

In ancient Mycenaean Greek religion it was believed gods would take on the form of mortals and enter the homes of rulers to see how they would be treated as peasants or beggars, and then enact judgement on said rulers based on how they were treated.

(Treat people well because you never know if it is secretly a god who will grant you fortune or murder you)

Who are the sea people?

In the histories and archaeological evidence of real life ancient cultures (across the Mediterranean - not just Mycenaean Greece, such as Egypt and Anatolia) who documented mysterious “sea people” who were said to have pillaged bronze age civilisations, so much so that they are connected to the bronze age collapse.

What is “The Odyssey”

Homer's Odyssey is one of the two great epic poems of ancient Greece (the other being the Iliad), traditionally attributed to Homer and composed around the 8th century BCE, though it draws on an oral storytelling tradition about a thousand years older than that. (Christopher Nolan cast Travis Scott as the oral storyteller as a comparison to Rap music.)

Thematically, it's a story about the journey and attempt of homecoming (nostos in Greek), cunning versus brute strength, hospitality and its abuse, loyalty, and identity — Odysseus is famous for his cleverness ("the man of many wiles") more than his fighting prowess.

Furthermore The Odyssey is one of the oldest examples of mythology - paving the way for much of the pre-ancient Greek (Mycenaean Greek) religious beliefs.