The Odyssey Key Characters Flashcards
Antinous
The lead suitor
Alcinous
King of Phaeacia
Athena
Goddess of wisdom and battle strategy. Guides Telemachus while disguised as mentor.
Calypso
Nymph who holds Odysseus captive.
Charybdis
Sea monster who swallows massive amounts of water then spits them up again causing whirlpools. Sister of Scylla
Circe
Enchantress who turns the crew into pigs and later inform Odysseus what to do next to reach home
Eumaeus
The loyal swineherd
Eurycleia
Nurse who raised Odysseus
Helen
Queen of Sparta
Helios
The sun God. Odysseus’s men eat his cattle
Hermes
God of thievery, messenger God
Laertes
Father of the Odysseus
Menelaus
King of Sparta
Nausicaa
Princess of Phaeacia. Found Odysseus hiding in the countryside
Nestor
Tells Telemachus war stories of Odysseus, king of Pylos
Odysseus
Spent 10 years trying to get home from the Trojan war, king of Ithaca, very clever, son of Laertes
Penelope
Wife of Odysseus
Polyphemus
The Cyclops, son of Poseidon
Poseidon
Sea god, enemy Of Odysseus
Queen Arête
Queen of Phaeacia
Scylla
Six headed monster who pounces on passing sailors from the cliff above. Sister of Charybdis.
Telemachus
Son of Odysseus
The Lotus eaters
Inhabitants of an island filled with addicting lotus flowers
The suitors
Obnoxious men vying for Penelope’s hand in marriage
