| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Alcinious | King of the Phaecians |
| Calypso | A sea godess that lives on Ogygia |
| Circe | Godess on Ageia that held Odysseus for 1 year |
| Zeus | God of gods |
| Apollo | God of poetry, prophecy, medicine, and archery. |
| Agamemnon | King of greece that fought the trojan war |
| Poseidon | God of the sea; polyphemus' father |
| Athena | Goddess of battle |
| Polyphemus | The cyclopse that Odysseus meets |
| Laertes | Odysseus' father |
| Cronus | Zeus' father |
| Perimedes | Ties Odysseus to the mass of the boat when the sirens come |
| Eurylochus | A trusted officer of Odysseus' |
| Tiresias | The blind prophet that Odysseus meets |
| Persephone | The ruler of the underworld's wife |
| Telemachus | Odysseus' son |
| Sirens | The creatures that attempted to lure Odysseus into the rocks with their song |
| Scylla | The six-headed sea monster |
| Charybdis | A dangerous whirlpool |
| Lampetia | The nymph that tells helios of his cattle |
| Hermes | Messenger of Zeus, gives odysseus a potion |
| Eumaeus | A servent in Odysseus' household |
| Antinious | A suitor of penelope's, first one to die, most boastful |
| Eurynome | Penelope's housekeeper |
| Eurymachus | Suitor of Penelope's, second one killed, tries to convince Odysseus to let them go. |
| Amphinomis | Suitor of penelope's, third to die |
| Elpenor | Fell off the roof at Circe's house, met odysseus in the underworld, Odysseus gives him a proper burial |
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