Odyssey Character List Flashcards
Odysseus
Human, not god, victory of Troy, main character
Telemachus
Son of Odysseus
Penelope
Wife of Odysseus
Poseidon
God of water and earthquake
Zeus
God of all gods
Athena
God of wisdom and war (daughter of Zeus)
Hermes
God of messages, compared to seagull
Calypso
god, immortal, Zeus told her to let Odysseus go (trapped him for 7 years)
Princess Nausicaa
Daughter of king Alcinous, gives Odysseus a place to stay when she finds him in leaves
King Alcinous
King of Phoenicians, gives him a safe way home to Ithaca
Lotus Eater
Eat and drink the lotus plant (drugs) all day long
Polyphemus
Son of Poseidon, one eye monster
Cyclops
One eye monsters, VERY strong
Nohbdy
That’s the name Odysseus use to tell Polyphemus
King Aeolus
King of wind, cousin of Poseidon (not on good terms with Poseidon)
Laestrygonians
Giant human who eat other humans (gigantic cannibals)
Circe
Beautiful goddess who turn men into pigs
Eurylochus
Right hand man, locks in security of men when Odysseus isn’t there
Teiresias
Blind profit of the underworld from the city of Thebes
Anticlea
Odysseus’s mom
Sirens
Beautiful singing bird women that make you want to jump ship
Scylla
Land monster, 6 heads, 12 legs, very sharp teeth
Charybdis
Water/sea monster, very strong, Poseidon can’t even save you
Lord Helios
Sun god, has secret cattle, called the beeves, owns thrinakid
The Beeves
Lord Helios cattle, immortal, unless someone kills them
Begger
Protection for Odysseus, disguise, looks very poor
Eumaeus
Odysseus good long time friend, also his servant, swing heard (takes care of pigs)
King Nestor
Old war buddy of Odysseus, king of Pylos
King Menelaus
Island of Sparta, HUSBAND OF HELEN OF TROY
Helen
Cause of the Trojan way
