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...king and leader of Greek forces during the Trojan war [image] The picture shows Agamemon's murder commited by his wife and her lover upon his return from the Trojan war. |
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...king of the Phaeacians and person to whom Odysseus relates his story [image] Odysseus relates his tale of woe to Alcinous at the beginning of The Odyssey.
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...one of Penelope's suitors
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...rudest of Penelope's suitors |
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...Odysseus' loyal swineherd [image] swine: pig or pigs herder: a caretaker of animals, usually sheep, but sometimes swine, cattle, etc. |
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...Odysseus' faithful old nurse nurse (n.) = nanny, caretaker of children |
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...one of Penelope's suitors
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...Penelope's housekeeper
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...priest of Apollo who gives Odysseus a gift of powerful wine |
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...kind of Ithaca and hero of the Trojan war Had the idea of the Trojan Horse, which was used to defeat the Trojans. |
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...Odysseus' wife [image] Penelope and her Suitors by John William Waterhouse, 1912
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...Odysseus and Penelope's son
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...blind prophet from the underworld
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