The Odyssey-Characters
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Ms. Moraine. Midterm. 7th period. Characters to know
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Odysseus | Grandson of Acresius and Autolycus, son of Laertes and Anticlea, husband of Penelope, father of Telemachus, king of Ithaca, and the surrounding islands |
| Penelope | daughter of Icarius, wife of Odysseus, mother of Telemachus, queen of Ithaca |
| Telemachus | grandson of Laertes and Antecleia, son of Odysseus and Penelope, heir to the throne of Ithaca, |
| Laertes | son of Acresius, husband of Anticleia, father of Odysseus, |
| Anticleia | daughter of Autolycus, wife of Laertes, mother of Odysseus |
| Menelaus | son of Atreus, king of Lacedaemon, brother of Agamemnon, husband of Helen, |
| Nestor | son of Neleus, king of the Pylians, father of Antilochus, Pisistratus, Thrasymedes and others; the oldest of the Achaen chieftains. |
| Aelous | 1. master of the winds 2. father of Cretheus |
| Alcinous | king of the Phaecians, husband of Arete, father of Nausicaa |
| Helen | daughter of Zeus and Leda, wife of Menelaus, consort of Paris; her abduction by him from Sparta caused the Trojan war |
| Pisistratus | son of Nestor, who accompanies Telemachus to Sparta |
| Nausicaa | daughter of Alcinous and Arete |
| Calypso | goddess-nymph, daughter of Atlas, who makes her home on the island of Ogygia |
| Ino | (Leucothea) daughter of Cadmus, once a mortal and now a sea-nymph |
| Circe | goddess and enchantress of Aeaea, who changes men into swine |
| Clytemnestra | daughter of Leda and Tyndareus, queen of Argos, wife of Agamemnon, lover of Aegisthus, and mother of Orestes |
| Cicones | Trojan allies, living in Thrace, to the north of Troy |
| Lotus Eaters | legendary people visited by Odysseus, they live on a plant whose fruit induces stupor and forgetfulness of home |
| Polyphemus | Cyclops, son of Poseidon and Thoosa, blinded by Odysseus |
| Laestrygonians | legendary clan of giant cannibals |
| Tiresias | blind seer of Thebes, who retains his prophetic powers even in the underworld |
| Sirens | enchantresses of the sea, whose song can tempt a sailor to his ruin |
| Scylla | man-eating, 6 headed monster that lives in a cliffside cavern opposite the whirlpool of Charybdis |
| Charybdis | monster in the form of a giant pool, located across from Scylla |
| Eurycleia | the old nurse of Odysseus and Telemachus, attendant of Penelope |
| Eumaeus | swineherd of Odysseus |
| Philoetius | cowherd loyal to Odysseus |
| Melantho | daughter of Dolius, maid of Penelope |
| Melanthius | son of Dolius, goatherd |
| Athena | or Pallas Athena, goddess, daughter of Zeus, defender of the Achaeans. A patron human ingenuity and resourcefulness, whether exemplified by handicrafts, such as spinning and weaving, or by skill in human relations, such as that possessed Odysseus, her favorite among the Greeks |
| Zeus | king of the gods, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother and husband of Hera, father of the Olympians and many mortals too. His spheres include the sky and the weather, hospitality and the rights of guests and suppliants, the punishment of injustice, the sending of omens, and the governance of the universe, controlled to some extent by Fate as well |
| Helios | the Sun |
| Hermes | god, son of Zeus and Maia, messenger of the gods, giant-killer, and guide of dead souls to the underworld and Olympus |
| Proteus | the Old Man of the Sea, servant of Poseidon and father of Eidothea |
| Poseidon | god of the sea, son of Cronus and Rhea, younger brother of Zeus, father of Polyphemus, throughout the Odyssey an inveterate enemy of Odysseus |
| Hades | the god of the underworld |
| Antinous | son of Eupithes, one of the two leading suitors |
| Eurymachus | one of the two leading suitors, son of Polybus, and killed by Odysseus |
| Agamemnon | king of Mycenae, son of Atreus, husband of Clytemnestra, murdered by her and Aegisthus; brother of Menelaus, supreme commander of all Achaea's armies and leader of the largest contingent at Troy |
| Orestes | son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra,and the avenger of his father |
| Achilles | son of Peleus and Thetis, grandson of Aeacus, and commander of the Myrmidons, Achaean allies at Troy |
| Elpenor | companion of Odysseus |
| Aegisthus | son of Thyestes, seducer of Cyltemnestra and murder of Agamemnon, killed by Orestes |
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