The Odyssey Character List
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1.
Achea: Mainland Greece
2.
Acheans: Greek people
3.
Achilles: Immortal man, vulnerable only in his achillies region
4.
Aeaea: Island home of Circe
5.
Aeolia: Island ruled by Aeolus
6.
Aeolus: Master of the winds
7.
Agamemnon: Former king of Mycene, killed by Clytemnestra
8.
Ajax: Defeated by Odysseus in a contest for Achillies armor
9.
Alcinous: King of Phaeacians who offers Odysseus hospitality
43.
Lotus-Eaters: Legendary people who live on a plant who's fruit
induces stupor and forgetfulness of home
44.
Menelaus: King of Sparta, brother of Agamemnon, husband of
Helen
45.
Mentor: Impersonation name taken by Athena
46.
Muse: Daughter of Zeus; one of the nine who preside over all
literature
47.
Mycene: Agamemnon's capital
48.
Nausicaa: Daughter of King Alcinous, finds Odysseus and
takes him in
10.
Amphinomus: Only decent suitor wanting to marry Penelope
49.
Nestor: King of Pylos who gives Odysseus the bag of winds
11.
Antinous: Leader of the suitors
50.
Odysseus: Endures a long journey from Troy to Ithaca;
12.
Aphrodite: Goddess of love
13.
Apollo: God of arts, archery and music
51.
Olympus: Home to the Gods and Goddesses (except for Hades)
14.
Ares: God of war
52.
Orestes: Son of Agamemnon; avenger of his father
15.
Arete: Queen of Phaeacians
53.
Pallas: Epithet of Athena
16.
Argives: Alternate name for the Acheans
54.
Penelope: Wife of Odysseus, Mother of Telemachus
17.
Argos: General region of the Acheans
55.
Persephone: Goddess of the Underworld
18.
Artemis: Goddess of childbirth and hunting
56.
Phoebus: Epithet of Apollo
19.
Athena: Daughter of Zeus; goddess of wisdom; helps both
57.
Polyphemus: The cyclops Odysseus blinds
Telemachus and Odysseus
58.
Poseidon: God of the sea; tries to get revenge on Odysseus for
protagonist
20.
Atlas: The Titan who holds the world upon his shoulders
21.
Atrides: "Son of Atreus"
59.
Priam: King of Troy
the blinding of Polyphemus
22.
Calypso: The nymph who imprisons Odysseus for 7 years
60.
Scylla: Man eating monster that lives across from Charybdis in a
23.
Cassandra: Lover of Agamemnon
Sirens: Enchanters of the sea
cave
24.
Charybdis: Monster in the form of a giant whirlpool
61.
25.
Circe: The sorceress who turns Odysseus's men to swine
62.
Sparta: Capital city of Lacedaemon
26.
Clashing Rocks: Legendary rocks near Scylla and Charybdis
63.
Styx: River in the Underworld by which the Gods swear binding
27.
Cronus: Titan; son of Uranus; Father of Zeus, Hades, Poseidon,
Hera, Demeter
28.
Cyclops: Cannibal clan of one-eyed giants
29.
Demeter: Goddess of crops
30.
Demodocus: Blind singer of the Phaeacians
31.
Dionysus: God of ecstatic release, esp. associated with wine
32.
Elpenor: Companion of Odysseus who was given a proper burial
33.
Elysian Fields: Home of the fortunate in the Underworld
34.
Eumaeus: The shepard who helps Odysseus
35.
Eurycleia: Loyal servant to Penelope
36.
Eurymachus: Shows influence over other suitors
37.
Helen: Wife of Menelaus, Queen of Sparta
38.
Helios: The sun
39.
Hephaestus: God of fire and craftsmanship
40.
Heracles (Hercules): Son of Zeus; hero of the Labors
41.
Laertes: Odysseus's father
42.
Laestrygonians: Legendary clan of cannibals
oaths
64.
Telemachus: Tries to rescue his mother from the suitors in
Ithaca
65.
Tiresias: Theban prophet in the Underworld
66.
Zeus: Father of all gods and goddesses; god of the heavens