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Odysseus (ithacan) king of Ithaca, father of Telemakos, angers poseidon by taking out Polyphemus's eye, has been away at sea for 19 years, thought of hiding in the belly of the trojan horse, kills most of the suitors Telemachus (ithacan) oddysseus's son, became a man during the book, learns story of his father by questioning menelaus and nestor penelope (ithacan) wife of odysseus, really clever, mother of telemachus, stayed loyal to odysseus by sewing and un-sewing a loom so the suitors wouldnt marry her. Antinous (suitor) "leader" of all the suitors, starts the party to kill telemachos Kalypso (god) sea nymph, holds odysseus as a love slave for 7 years, offers odysseus immorality when he is about to leave, complains of the double-standard of the gods concerning affairs with mortals Polyphemus (god) son of poseidon, main cyclops, traps odysseus in his cave and then his tricked by odysseus that results in his eye being blinded, poseidon puts a curse on him for this Nestor (Pylosian) king of pylos, fought with odysseus in the battle of troy, telemachos visits him but he know little of telemachos's father and sends him to menelaus (king of sparta), the great charioteer menelaus (spartan) king of sparta, offers telemachos info of where odysseus was, brother of agamemnon, husband of helen, stranded in egypt for seven years because he offended zeus Helen (spartan) wife of menelaus, cause of the trojan war, tells the story of odysseus dressed as a beggar during the war, given to paris as a bribe for choosing aphrodite as the most beautiful goddess Nausicaa daughter of king alkinous, and queen arete, helps odysseus by bring him to her kingdom to see her father Alkinous king of skheria, gives odysseus a ride back home to Ithaca, blood related to poseidon, married to his niece (arete), odysseus tell him his story Arete queen of Skheria, gives odysseus falls in love with her, helps odysseus get home Athena goddess of wisdom who pitys odysseus's position, tries to help odysseus get home, daughter of zeus, helps telemachos grow up, comforts penelope, speaks for them during the olympus meeting, mentor is her main disguise poseidon keeps odysseus at sea in order to fulfill polyphemus's curse on odysseus, related to the phaecians, father of the cyclopse Medias res in the middle Eurymakhos (suitor) a main suitor, deceptive and has an influence on the others Ino gives odysseus veil and tells him how to escape poseidons wrath on ithaca Hermes messenger god of zeus, helps let odysseus go free from kalypso and gave him a special spell that made him imune to kirces, helps odysseus a lot, sent by zeus to demand odysseus freedom Eurykleia nurse who raised telemakhos Tiresias prophet of the underworld who gives advice to odysseus and tells him possible outcomes of his future Zeus ruler of everything, father of all the gods, helps athena help odysseus Helios the god of the sun, odysseus's men ate his cattle, influenced epithets and patryonmics Ares the god of war who hephaestus catches with aphrodite Ogyia Kalypso' Island Ismaros 1st island odysseus visits after troy, inhabited by the Ciconiens Land of the cyclops 3rd island odysseus visits, meets polyphemus (cyclops) and pokes his eye and the causes him to get cursed by poseidon Land of the Lotus Eaters 2nd island odysseus lands on, gets the men addicted to lotus fruit and they forget about home Aiolia 4th island odysseus lands on, island of the wind god Aiolis, they stay their for a year, when they leave they take a present of a bag filled with wind, later... they return to this island because his men opened the bag Lastrigoneans 5th island odysseus lands on, island of man eating people who threw boulders at odysseus's other ships, only odysseus's ship escapes skheria land of the Phaikans (island) Persephone queen of the underworld, hade's wife Tyro poseidon seduces her and had two sons. one of the shades that odysseus meets Aiaia (island) the 6th island that odysseus lands on, she turned odysseus men into pigs and slept with odysseus for a year