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Principal Characters of the Odyssey (Humans (Eurymachis: one of…
Principal Characters of the Odyssey
Humans
Eurymachis: one of Penelope's suitors
Eurynome: Penelope's housekeeper
Eurymachus: One of Odysseus's crew
Eurycleia: Odysseus's faithful old nurse
Laertes: Odsseus's father
Eumaeus: Odysseus's loyal swinehead
Maron: priest of Apollo who gives Odysseus a gift of powerful win
Antinous: rudest of Penelope's Suitors
Penelope: Odysseus's wife
Amphinomus: one of Penelope's suitors
Perimedes: one of Odysseus's crew
Alcinous: king of the Pheacians and person to who Odyssey relates his story
Telemachus: Odysseuss's crew
Agamemnon (king and leader of the Greeks in the Trojan war
Tiresias: blind prophet from the underworld
Odysseus: King of Ithaca and hero of the Trojan War
Gods and Goddessssses
Helios: god of the sun; another name for apollo
Lotus: inhabitants of a land visited by Odysseus and his crew
Cyclopes: race of one-eyed giants
Polyphemus: a Cyclops and son of Poseidon
Circe: enchantress who lives on the island of Aeaea
Poseidon: god of the sea and earthquakes
Charybdis: dangerous whirlpool personified as a female monster
Scylla: Six-headed female sea mosnter
Calypso: immortal sea nymph who holds Odysseus captive for many years
Sirens: Sea nymphs who sing songs that lure men to their death
Athena: daghter of Zeus and goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare who helps her chosen heroes
Zeus: king of the gods
Apollo: god of sunlight, music, poetry, medicine, law, and the tending of flocks and herds