| A | B |
|---|
| Antinous | one of Penelope's main suitors; an arrogant and mean young noble from Ithaca |
| Eumaeus | swineherd and Odysseus' loyal servant |
| Eurycleia | Odysseus' old nurse |
| Eurymachus | suitor of Penelope |
| Eurynome | Penelope's housekeeper |
| Penelope | Odysseus' faithful wife |
| Philoeteus | cowherd and Odysseus' loyal servant |
| Scylla | female monster with six serpent heards, each head with a triple row of fangs |
| Sirens | nymphs whose beautiful and mysterious music lures sailors to their death |
| Thrinakia | island where the sun god Helios keeps his cattle |
| Telemachus | Odysseus' son |
| Teiresias | famous blind prophet from the city of Thebes |
