Characters of The Odyssey
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- Amphinomus
- suitor
- Eurymachus
- suitor
- Penelope
- Odysseus' wife
- Eurynome
- housekeeper for Penelope
- Antinous
- leader among the suitors
- Eumaeus
- old swineherd and friend of Odysseus
- Hermes
- herald and messenger of the gods
- Lampetia
- nymph
- Charybdis
- enormous and dangerous whirlpool
- Scylla
- sea monster of grey rock
- Sirens
- creatures whose songs lure sailors to their deaths
- Telemachus
- Odysseus and Penelope's son
- Persephone
- wife of hades
- Tiresias
- blind prophet who advised Odysseus
- Eurylochus
- another member of the crew
- Perimedes
- member of Odysseus' crew
- Cronus
- Titan ruler of the universe; father of Zeus
- Laertes
- Odysseus' father
- Polyphemus
- the Cyclops who imprisoned Odysseus
- Athena
- goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare
- Poseidon
- God of sea, earthquakes, horses, and storms at sea
- Agamemnon
- King and leader of greek forces
- Apollo
- god of music, poetry, prophecy, and medicine
- Zeus
- king of the gods
- Circe
- enchantress who helped Odysseus
- Calypso
- Sea goddess who loved Odysseus
- Odysseus
- king of Ithaca
- Alcinous
- king of the Phaeacians, to whom Odysseus tells his story