Odyssey Characters
Wife of Odysseus
Penelope
Nymph holding Odysseus captive
Calypso
An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
Archetype
The Fairest
Aphrodite
Wedding of
Peleus and Thetis
giant whirlpool
Charybdis
Turns men to Pigs
Circe
Many lines in length, an elaborate comparison
Epic Simile
Came up with the idea of the Trojan Horse
Odysseus
fame and victory in battle (against the Greeks)
The son of Odysseus
Telemachus
Deadly singers whose voices make men forget all else
Sirens
In the Middle of the action
In Medias Res
Daughter of Apollo's Priest
Chryseis
This Goddess receives the Trojan Horse as a sacrifice
Athena
The Nurse of Odysseus
Eurycleia
Odysseus tells his story to this king of Phaecia
Alcinous
Breaker of Horses
Epithet
The Three Pro-Greek Gods
Athena, Hera, Poseidon
Left behind by the Greeks as an imposter
Sinon
Swineherd
Eumaeus
Name of Odysseus' Dog
Argos
The father of Greek Tragedy
Aeschylus
Infant grandson of Priam
Astayanax
The first to die in the conflict, honored by the Greeks and the Gods
Protesilaus