Odyssesy Characters

The wanderer

Odysseus

Helios

 The sun god, who raises his cattle on the island of Thrinacia

Muse

Daughter of Zeus

Telemachus

Odysseus’ son

Penelope

Odysseus’ wife

Calypso

goddess of Ogygia (an island) and held Odysseus captive for 7 yrs

Alcinous

King of Phaecians and helps Odysseus get home

Circe

A goddess and enchantress who lives on the island of Aeaea

Cicones

Allies of the Trojans, who live on Ismarus

Cyclopes

 A race of one-eyed giants; an individual member of the race is a Cyclops

Telemus

A grand and wonderous wizard that foretold Polyphemus would lose his eyesight because of Odysseus

Apollo

the god of music, poetry, prophecy, and medicine

Poseidon

the god of seas, earthquakes, and horses; father of the Cyclops who battles Odysseus

Athena

the goddess of war, wisdom, and cleverness; goddess of crafts

Aeolus

the guardian of the winds

Laestrygones

cannibal inhabitants of a distant land

Eurylochus

a trusted officer of Odysseus

Persephone

the wife of Hades, ruler of the underworld

Tiresias

a blind prophet whose spirit Odysseus visits in the underworld

Elpenor

one of Odysseus's crew, killed in an accident

Anticlea

Odysseus’ mom

Sirens

creatures, part women and part bird, whose songs lure sailors to their death

Syclla

a six-headed sea monster who devours sailors

Charybdis

a dangerous whirlpool personified as a female sea monster

Phaethusa and Lampetia

sweetly braided nymphs that divine Nerara bore

Perimedes

helped with Eurylochus in holding Odysseus still when he listened to the Sirens

Argos

Odysseus’ dog

Eumaeus

A servant of Odysseus’ household (swineherd)

Antinous

a suitor of Penelope (dies first)

Eurymachus

A suitor of Penelope (tries to negotiate with Odysseus)

Philoetius

A servant of Odysseus’ household (cowherd)

Amphinomus

A suitor of Penelope (charges at Odysseus)

Eurynome

A female servant in Odysseus’ household (helped Odysseus bathe)

Eurycleia

An old female servant (prepares Odysseus’ bed)

Polyphemus

A cyclops that lost their eyesight due to someone called Odysseus

Zeus

The ruler of the Greek gods and goddesses; father of Athena and Apollo

Maron

Euanthes son, gives Odysseus the wine that he uses on the Cyclops

Blind Force

Goddesss who gave birth to Scylla

Polites

Most likeable officer of odysseus’s team

Amphitrite

goddess of the sea and the wife of Poseidon

Actoris

A servant of Penelope that Penelope’s dad sent when she married Odysseus