the Sun-god and a Titan who is sometimes referred to as Helios
Who is "Heperion"?
old man of the see; an immortal Egyptian who is able to change shape at will
Who is "Proteus"?
clan of one-eyed giants who herd sheep and goats but have not farms or ships
Who is "Cyclopes"?
prophet to whom Persephone granted understanding even in Hades
Who is "Teiresias"?
Odysseus' dead mother who seems to have killed herself
Who is "Anticlea"?
father of Penelope: brother of Tyndareus; uncle of Helen and Clytemnestra
Who is "Icarius"?
Who is "Nausicaa"?
king o the Cyclopes; so of Poseidon and Thoosa whom Odysseus blinds
Who is "Polyphemus"?
Who is "Antinous"?
two singers in a field of flowers whose song enchants men, drawing them into the field where they rot away listening
Who are "Sirens"?
Trojan allies who live in Thrace in the city of Ismarus; Odysseus raids them
Who are "Cicones"?
Laestrygonian king who eats Odysseus' scout; his wife is a mountain-sized giantess
Who is "Antiphates"?
goddess who lives in Aeaea; daughter of the Sun-god
Who is "Circe"?
son of Polybus; a leading suitor and Ithacan
Who is "Eurymachus"?
swineherd of Odysseus who faithfully raises his pigs in his absence
Who is "Eumaeus"?
daughter of Atlas; nymph on the island of Ogygia
Who is "Calypso"?
son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; kills Aegisthus and his mother in order to avenge his father's death
Who is "Orestes"?
relative of Odysseus; second in command of the men of Ithaca
Who is "Eurylochus"?
son of Terpes; the reluctant musician for the suitors
Who is "Phemius"?
nickname of Ithaca's tramp, Arnaeus; a glutton and a drunkard
Who is "Irus"?
Who is "Mentor"?
plain at the end of the world where virtuous heroes go at death
Who is "Eysium"?
the famous Phaeacian bard
Who is "Demodocus"?
Odysseus' childhood nurse who still serves in his house
Who is "Euryclea"?
goatherd and son of Dolius (Penelope's servant)
Who is "Melanthius"?
youngest son of Nestor, like Telemachus, is too young to fight at Troy
Who is "Pisistratus"?
favorite and oldest son of Alcinousu; best looking Phaeacian
Who is "Laodamas"?
the name Odysseus first told to the Cyclops
Who is "Noman"?
father of Odysseus; former king of Ithaca
Who is "Laertes"?
seer and descendant of Melampus; exile from Argos
Who is "Theoclymenus"?