Principal Characters In The Odyssey
Servants(Humans)
Kings(Humans)
All Gods
Odysseus
Agamemnon
Alcinous
King of Ithaca and hero of the Trojan War
King of Phaeacians and person whom Odysseus relates his story
King of Greek forces during the Trojan War
Eurycleia
Eurynome
Eumaeus
Odysseus's faithful old nurse
Odysseus's loyal swineherd
Penelope's housekeeper
All Gods
All Humans
All Humans
All Humans
All Humans
All Humans
Odysseus's Family
Humans who help
Penelope
Laertes
Perimedes
Tiresias
Maron
Agamemnon
Alcinous
Odysseus's wife
Odysseus's father
One of Odysseus's crew
Blind prophet from the underworld
Priest of Apollo who gives Odysseus a gift of powerful wine
Telemachus
Odysseus and Penelope's son
Odysseus
King of Ithaca and hero of the Trojan War
All Gods
All Gods
All Gods
Monsters who do not help
Lotus
Inhabitants of a land visited by Odysseus and his crew
Circe
Enchantress who lives on the island of Aeaea
Polyphemus
A one-eyed giants, cyclops and so of Posiedon
Scylla
Six-headed female sea monster
Sirens
Sea Nymphs who sings songs that lure men to their death
Charybdis
Dangerous whirlpool personified as a female monster
Calypso
Immortal Sea Nymph who hols Odysseus captive for many years
Athena
Daughter of Zeus and goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare who helps her chose heroes
Apollo
God of music, poetry, medicine, law, sunlight, and the tending of flocks and herds
Helious
God of the sun
Posideon
God of the sea and earthquakes
Zeus
King of the Gods
Immortals(Monsters)
Charybdis
Lotus
Inhabitants of a land visited by Odysseus and his crew
Calypso
Immortal Sea Nymph who hols Odysseus captive for many years
Dangerous whirlpool personified as a female monster
King of Greek forces during the Trojan War
King of Phaeacians and person whom Odysseus relates his story