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Odyssey Characters

28 Characters in Odyssey

TermDefinition
Antinoos First suitor to be killed. He plotted to kill Telemachus
Achilles Her of the Illiad and the Trojan War
Agamemnon Husband of Clytemnestra, killed after his return from Trojan War
Alcinous King of the Phaecians
Anticleia Mother of Odysseus
Athena Helps Odysseus return home, goddess of wisdom, crafts and battle
Aeolus Keeper of the winds
Calypso Keeps Odysseus on her island for 9 years
Circe Turns Argives into pigs, then warms them to avoid oxen
Clytemnestra Wife of Agamemnon, she killed her husband
Eurylochos Companion of Odysseus, persuades others to kill Helios' oxen
Eurycleai Faithful old nurse
Eumaeus Noble swineherd, faithful to his master
Eurymachus One of Penelope's suitors, second killed by Odysseus
Helen Wife of Menelaus, the cause of the Trojan War
Helios The Sun god
Hermes Divine messenger of the gods
Laertes Father of Odysseus
Menelaus King of Sparta, brother of Agamemnon and husband of Helen
Nestor Gerenian horseman, king of Pylos
Odysseus King of Ithaca
Penelope Wife of Odysseus
Posiedon The Earthshaker
Polyphemus Cyclops, son of Poseidon
Peisistratus Son of Nestor
Telemachus Son of Odysseus
Teiresias Blind prophet now residing in Hades
Zeus Supreme god of Olympus
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