Characters of the Odyssey

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Achilles
son of Peleus and Thetis, grandson of Aeacus, and commander of the Myrmidons, Achaean allies, at troy
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Aeaea
island, home of circe
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Aegisthus
seducer of Clytemnestra, murderer of Agamemnon, killed by Orestes
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Aeolus
father of master of the winds, father of Cretheus
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Agamemnon
Kind of Mycenae, son of Atreus, husband of Clytemnestra, murdered by her and Aegisthus, brother of Menelaus, supreme commander of all Achae’s armies
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Ajax
Achaean, son of Telamon, Telamonian or Great Ajax, defeated by Odysseys in the content for Achilles’ armor
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Alcinuos
King of the Phaeacians, husband of Arete, father of Nausicaa
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Amphinomus
suitor killed by Telemachus, favorite of Penelope
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Anticleia
wife of Laertes, other of Odysseys, daughter of Autolycus
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Antinous
son of Eupithes, one of the two leading suitors
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Apollo
son of Zeus, patron of the arts (music and poetry), god of archery, lord of the silver bow, arrows are metaphor for the onset of a plague whos festival day in Ithaca is the day the suitors are killed
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Ares
son of Zeus and Hera, god of war lover of Aphrodite
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Arete
queen of Phaeacia, wife of Alcinuous, mother of Nausicaa
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Argos
city or district in the northeastern Peloponnese, or the general region of the Achaeans, mainland Greece
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Artemis
daughter of Zeus and Leto, sister of Apollo, goddess of childbirth and hunting
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Athena
goddess, daughter of Zeus, defender of the Achaeans. Patron of human ingenuity and resourcefulness, Odysseus being her fav greek
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Atreus
Father of Agamemnon and Menelaus
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Calypso
goddess-nymph, daughter of Atlas, home is Ogygia, held Odysseus captive
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Charybdis
monster in the form of a whirlpool, across from Sckylla
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Circe
goddess and enchantress of Aeaea, changes men to pigs
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Clytemnestra
daughter of Leda and Tyndareus, queen of Argos, wife of Agamemnon, lover of Aegisthus, mother of Orestes
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Dawn
goddess of morning, wife of Tithonus
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Demeter
goddess of grain crops, sister of Zeus and mother of Persephone
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Demodocus
blind singer of the Phaecians
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Eidothea
sea-nymph, daughter of Proteus
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Elpenor
companion of Odysseus, died by falling off a roof
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Eumaeus
swineherd of Odysseus, loyal fr
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Eurycleia
old nurse of Odysseus and Telemachus, attendant of Penelope
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Eurylochus
Kin of Odysseus, and his second in command
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Eurymachus
one of the two leading suitors, son of Polybus, killed by Odysseus
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Furies
spirits whose task it is to exact blood for blood when no human avenger is left alive. Punish Oedipus for marrying his mother and driving her to suicide
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Halitherses
Ithacan elder with prophetic powers, the bird guy
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Helen
daughter of Zeus and Leda, wife of Menelaus, consort of Paris, her abduction by him from Sparta caused the Trojan War
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Helios
the sun god, all-seeing god, kills crew for eating his cattle
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Hermes
son of Zeus and Maia, messenger of the gods, giant killer, guide of dead souls to the underworld
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Hermione
daughter of Menelaus and Helen
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Ino
sea-goddess who offered Odysseus the scarf to not drown
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Irus
beggar in house of Ithaca, Odysseus beat him up
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Ithaca
Ionian island off the western coast of Greece, Odysseus’ home
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Laertes
Son of Arcesius, husband of Anticleia, father of Odysseus
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Laestrygonians
clan of giant cannibals, threw rocks and boulders at crew
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Lotus-eaters
, visited by Odysseus, people who live on plant whose fruit induces stupor and forgetfulness of home
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Melanthius
son of Dolius, goatherd
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Melantho
daughter of Dolius, maid of Penelope
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Menelaus
king of Lacedaemon, son of Atreus, brother of Agamemnon, husband of Helen
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Mentes
son of Alcimus, Ithacan friend of Odysseus, name assumed by Athena in Ithaca
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Mentor
son of Alcimus, Ithacan friend of Odysseus, impersonated by Athena
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Muse
daughter of Zeus, one of nine, preside over literature and arts, artistic inspiration
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Nausiciaa
daughter of Alcinous and Arete, finds Odysseus
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Nestor
kind of Pylians, father of Antilochus, Pisistratusm Thrasymedes and others
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Odysseus
king of Ithaca, pretty obvious
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Ogygia
Calypso’s island
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Olympus
home of the gods, mountain
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Orestes
son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, avenger of his father
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Penelope
Odysseus’ wife, daughter of Icarius
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Phaecia
last destination of Odysseus, kingdom of Alcinous
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Pisistratus
son of Nestor, accompanies Telemachus to Sparta
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Polyphemus
cyclops, blinded by Odysseus, son of Poseidon
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Pylos
nestors capital city, where Telemachus went first
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Sirens
tempts sailors to his ruin
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Scylla
man eating monster that lives in a cliffside cavern opposite of charybdis
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Sparta
home of Menelaus and Helen
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Telemachus
son of Odysseus
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Tiresias
prophetic powers in underworld
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Zeus
King of the gods, son of cronus and rhea, brother and husband of harra, father of the Olympians and many mortals too. His fears include the sky and weather, hospitality and the rights of guests and suppliants, the punishment of injustice, the sending of omens, and the governance of the universe, controlled to some extent by fate as well