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Nestor | King of Pylos, the great charioteer |
Menelaus | Red Haired King of Sparta, married to Helen |
Helen | The Face that launches 1,000 ships |
Achilles | Famed Greek Warrior |
Hermes | Messenger of the Gods, works in coordination with Athena |
Athena | "Grey Eyed Goddess of War" Guide for Odysseus |
Zeus | God of Gods and God of lightning |
Poseidon | God of Water, Vengeful and angry |
Proteus | Minor God |
Antinoos | Aggressive suitor, hits Odysseus with a stool, shot w/ an arrow through throat, 1st one to die |
Euymakhos | suitor, 2nd man killed with an arrow, more reasonable than Antinoos |
Iros | Beggar who fights Odysseus |
Melantho | Maid with a relationship with Odysseus and his family sleeps w/ suitors and is hanged. |
Eumaios | Swineherd, helps Odysseus get his revenge |
Melanthios | Goatish goatherd, last one killed for being rude to Odysseus |
Calypso | Demigod who sleeps with Odysseus for 7-8 years, angry with Gods |
Circe | Evil @ 1st (turns men into swine) but then is nice and sleeps with Odysseus for 1 year |
Elpenor | One of Odysseus men, falls off ship, meets Odysseus in the Underworld |
Alkinoos | king of Paikans, Nausikaa's father, shows hospitality to Odysseus but, is punished for it |
Nausikaa | Pretty maiden who helps Odysseus when he washes ashore |
Eurylochus | One of Odysseus's men who blames him for deaths but then eats Helios' beeves |
Laertes | Odysseus' father |
Pesistratos | Nestor's son, helps Telemachus |
Theoklymenos | seer, murderer that killed his cousin, sails with Telemachus |
Polyphemos | A kyklop |
Eurykleia | Faithful nurse of Odysseus and Penelope |