Principal Characters in The Odyssey
Humans
Gods and Immortals
Agamemnon- King and leader of Greek forces during the Trojan War
Alcinous- King of the Phaecians and person to whom Odysseus relates his story
Amphinomus- One of Penelope's suitors
Antinous- Rudest of Penelope's suitors
Eumaeus- Odysseus's loyal swimeherd
Eurycleia- Odysseus's faithful old nurse
Eurylochus- One of Odysseus's crew
Eurymachus- On of Penelope's suitors
Eurynome- Penelope's housekeeper
Laertes- Odysseus's father
Maron- Priest of Apollo who gives Odysseus a gift of powerful wine
Odysseus- King of Ithaca and hero of the Trojan War
Penelope- Odysseus's Wife
Perimedes- One of Odysseus's Crew
Telemachus- Odysseus and Penelope's son
Tiresias- Blind Prophet from the underworld
Apollo- God of sunlight, music poetry, medicine, law, and the tending of flocks and herds
Athena- Daughter of Zeus and goddess of wisdom, skills and warfare ho helps her chosen heroes
Calypso- Immortyal sea nymph who hold Odysseus captive for many years.
Charybdis- Dangerous whirlpool personified as a female monster
Circe- Enchantress who lives on the island of Aeaea
Cyclopes- Race of one-eyed giants; an individual member of the race is a cyclops
Helios- God of the sun; another name for Apollo
Lotus- Inhabitants of a land visited by Odysseus and his crew
Polyphemus- A Cyclops and son of Poseidon
Poseidon- God of the sea and earthquakes
Scylla- Six headed female sea monster
Sirens- Sea nymphs wjo somg spmgs tjat ;ire ,em tp tjeor deatj
Zeus- King of the gods
Matching colors are related to the connections, as it would be ridiculous to have a bunch of lines going across the screen.