| A | B |
|---|
| Muse | goddess of the arts |
| Alcinous | King to whom Odysseus tells his story |
| Circe | enchantress who turns Odysseus' men into swine |
| Zeus | ruler of the gods |
| Poseidon | god of the sea, earthquakes; Polyphemus' father |
| Athena | goddess who helps Odysseus |
| Troy | where the Trojan War took place |
| Ithaca | Odysseus' home |
| Polyphemus | the Cyclops that Odysseus encounters |
| Laertes | Odysseus' father |
| Eurylochus | one who Odysseus' men; he convinces the men to eat the cattle of the sun god |
| Tiresias | blind prophet Odysseus meets in Hades |
| Telemachus | Odysseus' son |
| sirens | lure sailors to destruction by their songs |
| Homer | poet who is given credit for composing The Illiad and The Odyssey |
| lotus-eaters | eat the lotus plant and have no ambition |
| Penelope | Odysseus' wife |
| Scylla | monster of the cliff with 6 heads |
| Charybdis | monster of the cliff who creates whirlpool |
| Eumaeus | Odysseus' loyal swineherd |
| Antinous | threw a stool at Odysseus; first suitor to die |
| Eurynome | Odysseus' nurse |
| Helios | sun god |
| Cicones | attack Odysseus' men at Ismarus |
| Elpenor | Odysseus meets him in Hades; he fell off Circe's roof |
| Aelous | king of the winds |
| Hades | underworld |
| Argus | Odysseus's loyal dog |
| suitors | the men who abuse Penelope's hospitality in Odysseus's absence |
