character index

main, Ithaca, Odysseus’ crew, enemy/disloyal, loyal/good

Achaeans - greeks

Aeolus - King of the winds/Aeolia

Aethon - Odysseus’ beggar name, ‘prince of crete’

Agamemnon - King of Mycenae, brother of Menelaus

Agelaus - Suitor who threatens to kill Mentor

Alcinous - King of Phaeacia

Amphinomus - Suitor killed by Telemachus

Amphithee - Odysseus’ grandmother

Anticleia - Odysseus’ mother

Antinous - leading suitor that attacks beggar Odysseus

Antiphates - giant King of Laestrygonians

Autolycus - Odysseus’ grandfather

Calypso - demi-goddess, lives with Odysseus on Ogygia for 7 years

Cicones - people living on Ismarus raided by Odysseus

Circe - witch, daughter of Helios, lives on Aeaea

Elpenor - crew member who fell off roof

Eumaeus - Odysseus’ swineherd

Eurycleia - Odysseus’ & Telemachus’ nurse

Eurylochus - crew member

Eurymachus - leading suitor

Hippodamia - maid of Penelope

Laertes - Odysseus’ father

Laestrygonians - giant cannibals living on Telepylus

Leodes - priest of Odysseus (Suitor)

Medon - Herald, loyal member

Melanthius - Odysseus's goatherd, brother of Melantho

Melantho - maid of Penelope, sister of Melanthius

Menelaus - King of Sparta, brother of Agamemnon

Odysseus - Greek Hero, King of Ithaca

Penelope - Queen of Ithaca, wife of Odysseus

Phaeacians - people of Scherie

Phemius - minstrel/bard

Philoetius - Odysseus's herdsman

Polites - crew member

Polyphemus - Cyclops, son of Poseidon

Teiresias - Theban prophet

Telemachus - son of Odysseus and Penelope

Odysseus family tree