Odessey Flashcards
Odysseus
Main Character; Trojan War
Telemachus
Odysseus’s Son
Penelope
Odysseus’s Wife
Laertes
Odysseus’s Father
Nestor
The king who Telemachus first meets trying to find his dad; gave chariots to Telemachus
Pisistratus
Youngest son of Nestor; traveled with Telemachus
Menelaus and Helen
Married couple; Menelaus began the Trojan War after Helen was abducted; King and Queen of Sparta
Agamemnon
Betrayed by his wife and killed
Achilles
Greek Hero against Trojans; Already dead in the Underworld
Nausicaa
First to find Odysseus after fighting Poseidon’s storm
Alcinous and Arete
Married couple; Parents of Nausicaa
Eurylochus
Second in command on Odysseus’s ship; refuses to go into Circe’s hall; convinces everyone to go on Helios’s land
Tiresias
Theban prophet who inhabits the underworld; tells Odysseus how to go home
Aeolus
Gave Odysseus favorable winds and a bag full of unfavorable winds
Antinous
First to die by Odysseus’s hand; plots death of Telemachus
Eurymachus
Suitor; Killed from arrow of Odysseus
Eumaeus
Swineherd; loyal to Odysseus and son
Philoetius
Odysseus’s cowherd; loyal to Odysseus
Melanthius
Sent Telemachus home near end of book; Son of Nestor
Eurycleia
Old servant woman; took care of Odysseus since he was a child
Melantho
Disloyal to Penelope (Maid of); sleeps with Eurymachus
Leodes
Suitor; predicted Odysseus’s return
Athena
god of wisdom; the bright eyed god
Zeus
Leader of the gods; god of the storm/lightning
Poseidon
god of the sea
Hermes
messenger god
Calypso
traps Odysseus on her island after he crashes there; she wants him to become her husband
Circe
turns Odysseus’s men into pigs; Odysseus stays with her for a year
Polyphemus
Cyclops; blinded by Odysseus; gets revenge through Poseidon
