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Odyssey Characters

BOOK 1-12

TermDefinition
Helios The sun god, who raises his cattle on island Thrinacia
Zeus The ruler of the Greek gods and goddesses, father of Athena and Apollo
Telemachus Odysseus' son
Penelope Odysseus' wife
Alcinous The king of the Phaeacians
Circe Goddess and enchantress who lives on the island of Aeaea
Cicones Allies of the Trojans, who live at Ismarus
Lotus Eaters Inhabitants of a land Odysseus visits
Cyclopes A race of one-eyed giants
Apollo The god of music, poetry, prophecy, and medicine
Athena The goddess of war, wisdom, cleverness, goddess of crafts
Aelous The guardian of the winds
Laestrygones Cannibal inhabitants of a distant island
Eurylochus A trusted officer of Odysseus
Persephone The wife of Hades, ruler of the underworld
Tiresias A blind prophet whose spirit Odysseus visits in the underworld
Elpenor One of Odysseus' crew, killed in an accident
Sirens creatures, part woman and part bird, whose songs lure sailors to their death
Scylla A six-headed sea monster who devours sailors
Charybdis A dangerous whirlpool personified as a female sea monster
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