The odyssey characters

Odysseus

Odysseus

King of Ithaca

Penelope

Wife of Odysseus, Mother of Telemachus

Telemachus

Odysseus and Penelope's son

Anticleia

Mother of Odysseus; dies from broken heart

Eurycleia

Odysseus's old nurse

Menelaus

King of Sparta, husband of Helen (reason of trojan war)

Agamemnon

King of Mycenae; saw odysseus in Hades

Alcinous

king of the Phaeacians, to whom Odysseus tells his story; sent Odysseus home

Elpenor

Fell from Circes roof

Tiresias

blind prophet who advised Odysseus

Athena

Favorite daughter of Zeus. Greek goddess of wisdom, war and peace; Odysseus's patron god

Posideon

God of the sea; cursed Odysseus from going home

zeus

King of the gods; most powerful

Hyperion

sun god

Hermes

Messenger of the gods

Aeolus

King of the winds

Calypso

sea goddess who loved Odysseus and kept him captive for 7 years

Charybdis

a dangerous whirlpool personified as a female sea monster

Circe

Godess of sorcery and witchcraft; turned Odysseus's men into pigs

Lotus Eaters

people who feed Odysseus's men lotus plants to make them forget Ithaca

Polyphemus

Cyclops, son of Poseidon

Scylla

6 headed monster

Sirens

Creatures whose songs lure sailors to their deaths

Laestrygonians

Man eating giants; crushed Odysseus's ships