The odyssey

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Homer

Blind poet who gets credit as the author

Helen

Most beautiful girl in the world

Odysseus

King of the island of Ithaca married to Penelope

Mount Olympus

Where the gods and goddesses live

Calypso

A sea goddess who lives on ogygia

Alcinous

King of the Phaeacians

Laertes

Odysseus' father

Cicones

Allies of the Trojans who live at ismarus

Lotus eaters

Inhabitants of a land Odysseus visits

Cyclopes

Race of one eyed giants

Polyphemus

The name of the cyclops

Zeus

Chief of the Greek gods and goddess father of Athena and Apollo

Poseidon

God of the sea, earthquakes and horses. Father of the cyclops that battles Odysseus

Aeolus

Guardian of the winds

Laestrygones

Cannibal inhabitants of a distant land

Circe

A goddess and enchantress who lives on the island of Aeaea

Eurylochus

Trusted officer of Odysseus

Hermes

God of invention, commerce, and cunning. Messenger of the gods.

Persephone

The wife of the ruler of the underworld

Tiresias

Blind prophet whose spirit Odysseus visits in the underworld

Sirens

Creatures, part women and part bird, whose songs lure sailors to their death

Scylla

6 headed monster who devours sailors

Charybdis

Dangerous whirlpool personified as a female monster

Helios

Sun god who pastures his cattle on the island of thrinscia

Athena

Goddess of war and practical wisdom

Penelope

Odysseus' wife

Antinous and Eurymachus

Suitor of Penelope

Telemachus

Odysseus' son

Eumaeus

Servant in Odysseus' household

Eurycleia

An old female servant, still loyal to Odysseus