Odyssey (Graphic Novel) Characters Diagram | Quizlet

Odysseus

Protagonist. King of Ithaca. Journey to come home is the plot.

Telemachus

Son of Odysseus and Penelope. Goes to search for information of his father.

Penelope

Odysseus faithful wife. Renowned for beauty and wisdom.

Athena

Daughter of Zeus, goddess of wisdom/war. Assists Odysseus and Telemachus throughout epic.

Poseidon

god of the sea. Enemy of Odysseus because he blinded his son Polyphemus.

Zeus

King of gods. Allows Athena to help Odysseus, and sends Hermes to tell Calypso to free Odysseus.

Antinoos

Most outspoken suitor. Plans to kill Telemachus. First to be killed by Odysseus.

Eurymachus

Manipulative suitor. Affair with maid, Melantho.

Amphinomus

Suitor, decent man. Was killed with the rest of the suitors.

Eumaeus

Loyal swine herd. Takes Odysseus in when he is disguised as a beggar. Fights alongside Odysseus in battle.

Eurycleia

Old maid. Nursed Odysseus and Telemachus. Keeps Odysseus's identity secret after recognizing scar.

Melanthius

Goatherd who supports suitors. Abuses Odysseus when he is disguised as a beggar. Brother of the maid, Melantho.

Melantho

Maid in Odysseus's home. Insults Odysseus when he is disguised as a beggar. Is having an affair with Eurymachus. Sister of Melanthius.

Calypso

Beautiful nymph who lives on the island of Ogygia. Rescues Odysseus and keeps him for her own pleasure for seven years.

Polyphemus

Cyclops, son of Poseidon. Captures Odysseus and some of his crew. Odysseus outsmarts and blinds him. Before leaving Odysseus calls out his name, and he uses it to curse Odysseus to his father.

Circe

Beautiful witch-goddess. Transforms Odyesseus's crew into swine. Odysseus forces her to turn them back. He then lives with her in luxury for a year.

Laertes

Father of Odysseus. Regains spirit when Odysseus returns.

Tiresias

Prophet in the underworld. Instructs Odysseus how to return to Ithaca, and allows him to communicate with other souls.

Nestor

King of Pylos. Telemachus visits him to ask for information on his father, but he knows very little. Is making a sacrifice to Poseidon.

Menelaus

Red-haired King of Sparta. Brother of Agamemnon and husband of Helen. Lead Greeks in Trojan war. Gives Telemachus information on his father.

Helen

Wife of Menelaus, Queen of Sparta. She is so beautiful that when she was abducted from Sparta by Troy, it sparked the Trojan war. Offers Telemachus assistance in his quest.

Agamemnon

DEAD. Former King of Mycenae, brother of Menelaus. Murdered by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus when he came home from battle. Later avenged by son Orestes.

Nausicaa

Beautiful daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete of Phaeacians. Odysseus approaches her after washing up on shore. Gives him clothes and tells him to go to her mother.

Alcinous

King of Phaeacians. Receives of Odyesseus and agrees to bring him home to Ithaca. Hosts festival to display the strength of the Phaeacians.

Arete

Queen of Phaecians, wife of Alcinous, and mother of Nausicaa. Influential, Odysseus approaches her first.

Anticleia

Mother of Odysseus. Dies of grief. Odysseus sees her in the Land of the Dead.

Philoetius

Loyal Cowherd of Odysseus. Fights with him in the end.

Argos

Odysseus's dog. Dies after seeing his master. Is taken by Athena.

Epithes

Father of Antinous (suitor). Leads charge against Odysseus.

Aeolus

King of Aeolia, a metal floating island. Master of winds, made immortal by the gods. 10 sons and daughters who are married to each other. Helps Odysseus, but abandons him after his crew commits mutiny.

Hermes

Messenger god. Convinces Calypso to let Odysseus go. Helps Odysseus on Circe's island.

Mentor

Elderly Ithacan leader. Supports Telemachus in town gathering. Also a disguise of Athena.

Pisistratus

Son of Menelaus. Accompanies Telemachus to Sparta.

Eidothea

Sea Nymph. Daughter of Proteus. Tells Menelaus how to trick her father into giving him information.

Proteus

Old Man of the Sea. Poseidon's right hand man. Shape shifter, but main form is a seal-man. Menelaus holds him down until he reveals the fates of his companions.

Iro

Mermaid that saves Odysseus with her veil after Poseidon capsizes his ship.

Mentes

Athena's first disguise. Old warrior that encourages Telemachus, and says he fought alongside his father.

Medon

Herald, faithful to Odysseus. Warns Penelope of the suitors plans to kill Telemachus. Telemachus tells Odysseus to spare him at the end.

Ajax

Fought in the Trojan war. Poseidon wrecked his ship, he would have survived, but he boasts and Poseidon take shim out.

Demodocus

Blind singer of the Phaeacians. Sings of Troy which Odysseus hears and they sadden him into telling his tale.

Scylla

Sea monster/serpent with six heads. Lives in sea cliffs.

Theoclymenus

Is fleeing from the friends of the man he killed. Telemachus gives him a ride on his ship.

Achilles

Great Trojan war hero that perished in battle. Odysseus encounters him the land of the dead.

TERM

Odysseus Angers Poseidon

DEFINITION

because of pride

TERM

Ogygia

DEFINITION

where Calypso keep him captive as her lover.

TERM

suitor drama

DEFINITION

Odysseus regains his position