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Principal Characters in The Odyssey (Odysseus: king of Ithaca and hero of…
Principal Characters in The Odyssey
Odysseus: king of Ithaca and hero of the Trojan War
Penelope: Odysseus’s Wife
Eurynome: Penelope’s housekeeper
Antinous: rudest of Penelope’s suitors
Eurymachus: one of Penelope’s suitors
Amphinomus; one of Penelope’s suitors
Telemachus: Odysseus and Penelope’s son
Perimedes: One of Odysseus’s crew
Laertes: Odysseus’s father
Eurycleia: Odysseus’s faithful old nurse
Eumaeus; Odysseus’s loyal swineherd
Gods/Immortals
Olympians
Apollo: god of sunlight, music, poetry, medicine, law, and tending the flocks and herds
Poseidon: god of the sea and earthquakes
Polyphemus: a Cyclops and son of Poseidon
Zeus: king of the gods
Athena: daughter of Zeus and goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare who helps her chosen heroes
Helios: god of the sun; another name for Apollo
Monsters/Non-Olympian Gods/immortals
Sirens: sea nymphs who sings songs that lure men to their death
Scylla: six-headed female sea monster
Scylla: six-headed female sea monster
Calypso: immortal sea nymph who holds Odysseus captive for many years
Lotus: inhabitants of a land visited by Odysseus and his crew
Cyclopes: race of one eyed giants; an individual member the race is a Cyclops
Circe: enchantress who lives on the island if Aeaea
Charybdis: dangerous whirlpool personified as a female monster
Alcinous: king of the Phaecians and person to whom Odysseus relates his story
Maron: priest of Apollo who gives Odysseus a gift of powerful wine
Alcinous: king of the Phaecians and person to whom Odysseus relates his story
Tiresias: blind prophet from the underworld