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Principle Characters in The Odyssey (Humans (Agamemnon: King and leader of…
Principle Characters in The Odyssey
Humans
Agamemnon: King and leader of Greek forces during the Trojan war
Alcinous: Kind of the Phoenicians and the person to whom Odysseus relates his story
Amphinomus: One of Penelope's suitors
Eumaeus: Odyssey's loyal swineherd
Eurycleia: Odyssey's faithful old nurse
Eurylochus: One of Odyssey's crew
Eurymachus: One 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: Odyssey's wife
Perimedes: One of Odyssey's crew
Telemachus: Odysseus and Penelope's son
Tiresias: Blind prophet from the underworld
Gods and Immortals
Apollo: God sunlight, music, poetry, medicine, law and the tending of the flocks and herds
Athena: daughter of Zeus and goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare who helps her chosen heroes
Calypso: immortal sea nymph who holds Odysseus captive for many years
Charybdis: dangerous whirlpool personified as a female monster
Circe: Enchantress who lives on the island if Aeaea
Cyclopes: race of one-eyed giants
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 who sing songs that lure men to their death
Zeus: King of the gods
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