| A | B |
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| Calypso | a sea goddess who lives on the island of ogygia |
| Alcinous | the king of the Phaeacians |
| Laertes | Odysseus' father |
| Circe | a goddess & enchantress who lives on the island of Aeaea |
| Zeus | the chief of the greek gods and goddesses |
| Cicones | allies of the Trojans, who lives at Ismarus |
| Lotus Eaters | inhabitants of a land odysseus visits |
| Cyclopes | a race of one-eyed giants |
| Apollo | The god of music, poetry, prophecy, and medicine |
| Poseidon | the god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses |
| Aeolus | the quardian of the winds |
| Laestrygones | cannibal inhabitants of a distant land |
| Eurylochus | a trusted officer of Odysseus |
| Hermes | the god of invention, commerce; messenger of the gods. |
| Persephone | the wife of the ruler of the underworld |
| Tiresias | a blind prophet whose spirit Odysseus visits in the underworld |
| Sirens | creatures, part woman and part bird |
| Scylla | a six-headed sea monster who devours sailors |
| Charybdis | a dangerous whirlpool personified as a female sea monster |
| Helios | the sun god |
| Antinous | a suitor of Penelope |
| Eurymachus | a suitor of Penelope |
| Telemachus | Odysseus' son |
| Eumaeus | a servant in Odysseus' household |
| Philoetius | a servant in Odysseus' household |
| Eurycleia | an old female servant, still loyal to Odysseus |
