1. Odyssey Characters
Nov. 17, 2014
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2. Book 9 Calypso - a sea goddess who lives on the island of Ogygia
Alcinous - king of the Phaeacians
Laertes - Odysseus’ father
Circe - a goddess and enchantress who lives on the island
Zeus - chief of the Greek gods and goddesses; father of Athena and Apollo
Cicones - allies of the Trojans in war

3. Book 9 Lotus Eaters - inhabitants of a land Odysseus visits
Cyclopes - a race of one-eyed giants
Apollo - god of music, poetry, prophecy, and medicine
Poseidon - god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses; father of the Cyclops who battles Odysseus
Aeolus - guardian of the winds

4. Book 10 Laestrygones - cannibal inhabitants of a distant land
Eurylochus - a trusted officer of Odysseus
Hermes - god of invention, commerce, and cunning; messenger of the gods
Persephone - wife of Hades, ruler of the underworld
Tiresias - a blind prophet whose spirit Odysseus visits in the underworld

5. Book 12
Sirens - creatures, part woman/part bird, whose songs lure sailors to their death
Scylla - a six-headed sea monster who devours sailors
Charybdis - a dangerous whirlpool personified as a female sea monster
Helios - sun god, who pastures his cattle on an island
Antinous - a suitor of Penelope

6. Books 21-23 Eurymachus - a suitor of Penelope’s
Telemachus - Odysseus’ son
Eumaeus - a servant in Odysseus’ household
Philoetius - a servant in Odysseus’ household
Eurycleia - an old female servant, still loyal to Odysseus