The odyssey character matching 1-12

Nausicaa

about to be married; called queen by Odysseus

Telemachos

leaves home to find news of his father

Penelope

daughter in law of Laertes

Proteus

The old man of the Sea

Hermes

Gives the gods messages to kalypso

Antinoos

suitor that calls out Penelope’s trick

Poseidon

Goes to a feast with aethopians

Halithersis

Speaks of omens to the council

Athene

Appears as a mentor to hire a ship

Menelaos

Part of Journey home spent in Egypt

Arete

Honored woman in her own home/city

Paris

Responsible for Achilles death

Eurykleia

nurse to Telemachos

Orestes

Kill the man who killed his father

Kalypso

Hope to make Odysseus immortal

Demodokos

Talented, blind singer

Alkinoos

King of the Phiakians

Polyphemos

Son of Poseidon, guards sheep, eats man

Circe

Nymph of Circe’s island, Odysseus cheats on Penelope with Circe

Eurylochos

Odysseus youngest member of crew, convinces to eat oxen

Elpenor

Fall off roof at Circe, needs proper burial

Helios

God of the sun

Teiresias

Blind prophet in the land of the dead

Argeiphontes

another name for Hermes

Aiolos

wind god