| A | B |
| Menelaos | son of Aretes, husband of Helen, brother of Agamemnon |
| Phaiakia | a kingdon |
| Kalypso | a lovely nymph, immortal and most beautiful, who craved him for her own |
| Styx | river in the underworld |
| Penelope | mother of Telemachus, wife of Odysseus |
| Poseidon | god of earhtquake |
| Athena | the grey-eyed goddess |
| Odysseus | the wanderer, harried for years on end, after he plundered the stronghold on the proud height of Troy |
| Hyperia | a country wide of dancing grounds, but near them were overbearing Kyklopes |
| Kyklopes | whose power could not be turned from pillage |
| Nausikaa | a daughter of Alkinoos |
| Alkinoos | king of the Phaiakians |
| Arete | When she grew up, Alkinoos married her and holds her dear. When she walks the town they murmur and gaze, as though she were a goddess. |
| Ekheneos | an old man, eldest of the Phaiakians, an oracle |
| Menelaos | brother of Agamemnon, husband of Helen |
| Skheria Island | where Phaiakians migrated |