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| Son of Laertes, Husband of Penelope |
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| Mother of Telemachus, Wife of Odysseus |
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| Son of Odysseus and Penelope |
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| Husband of Anticleia and father of Odysseus and Ctimene |
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| Daughter of Zeus, assists Odysseus in his journey home |
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| God of sea. Son of Cronus and Rhea; Brother to Zeus, Hera, and Hades. |
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| husband and brother of Hera, Son of Cronus and Rhea |
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| Son of Eupeithes, Leader of Penelope's suitors, the first suitor slain by Odysseus |
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| Odysseus' loyal swineherd who generously takes in the beggar that Odysseus has disguised himself as. later, the Swineherd will assist in the killing of the suitors. |
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| Nurse to Odysseus and later Telemachus. she notices Odysseus' scar on his thigh but keeps it to herself at his request. |
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| Daughter of Atlas, a Nymph goddess who keeps Odysseus for seven years on Ogygia offering him immortality in exchange. |
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| Duaghter of Helios and Perse, Odysseus lands on her island, Aeaea, she turns his men into swine. but Odysseus (with help from Hermes) resists her magic. They remain on the island for 1 year. |
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| the cyclops who kills some of Odysseus' men. Son of Poseidon (unfortunate for Odysseus, who kills the Cyclops and suffers Poseidon's punishment until he returns to Ithaca |
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| Giant Cannibals who eat part of Odysseus' crew and destroy all the ships but Odysseus' |
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| allies of Troy, the first of which Odysseus attacks on his way home. |
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| The blind seer from Thebes from whom Odysseus recieves counsel from after being advised to go to the underworld by Circe at her island |
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| Husband of Clytemnestra, brother of Menelaus, Son of Atreus, He is killed by his wife and her lover when he returns home; his son Orestes avenges his death. |
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| Son of Telamon and Perioboea. Commits suicide when he contends with Odysseus for the prize of Achilles' armor and loses. |
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| Wife of Laertes and mother of Odysseus. She speaks to Odysseus when he visits her in the underworld. |
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| A member of Odysseus' crew who falls to his death on Circe's island. When Odysseus is in the underworld, Elpenor begs him for a proper funeral |
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| Ruler of Sparta, Brother of Agamemnon, Husband of Helen |
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| Daughter of Leda and Zeus, Husband of Menelaus, given to Paris by Aphrodite. Menelaus' efforts to get Helen back are basis of the trojan war. |
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| Phaecian princess, Daughter of Alcinous and Arete |
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| Wife of Alcinous, Mother of Nausicaa. Queen of the Phaeacians, |
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| Grandson of Poseidon, husband of Arete and father of Nausicaa. He entertains Odysseus and gives him riches and safe transport to Ithaca. |
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| Blind singer at Phaeacia who sings songs of the war that bring Odysseus to tears. |
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| Bard in Ithaca. Although he is forced to entertain the suitors, he is loyal to the house of Laertes and is spared by Odysseus. |
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| (Penelope’s Trick: She weaves the robe for Laertes but unravels it every night because she promised the suitors that she would marry when it was finished) |
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| (Eurycleia’s discovery: Odysseus is disguised as the beggar, and Eurycleia discovers his thigh scar when she washes his feet) |
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| Son of Peleus and Thetis. He is the heroic leader of the Myrmidons but is Slain by Paris. Odysseus speaks with him in the underworld. |
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| (good hospitality) EXAMPLE: Nausicaa's treatment of Odysseus as a beggar (they feed, clothe, and wash him before asking of his origins) |
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| (Bad hospitality) the Suitors' treatment of the home of Laertes |
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| A sea monster with 6 heads that Odysseus and his men must pass on their voyage |
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| Odysseus' loyal cowherd who also stands by him in the battle against the suitors |
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| Odysseus' tutor; left behind in Ithaca to take care of Telemachus |
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