| A | B |
|---|
| Aeolus | The god of the winds |
| Polyphemus | The cyclops blinded by Ulysses |
| Calypso | She wants to be Ulysses wife and keeps him for 7years |
| Nausicaa | King Alcinous' daughter. It is at their party that he tells much of his story. They help him finally get home |
| Lotus-Eaters | Their plants caused Ulysses' men to fall asleep and no longer long for home. |
| Circe | Turned Ulysses' men into swine (pigs) |
| Hades | God of the Underworld |
| Sirens | These bird-women have such beautiful voices that sailors are drawn to them and shipwreck on their rocks. |
| Helios | The sun god whose cattle Ulysses' men steal |
| Scylla | A six-headed monster on one side of a narrow channel |
| Charybdis | A creature with a huge mouth that sucks in and spits out tons of water creating vast whirlpools |
| Laestrygonians | Giant cannibals who killed many of his men. |
| The Suitors | The men back in Ithaca, eating all of Ulysses' food and courting his wife |
| Ciconians | Ulysses and his men plundered their city, but waited too long on the shores when the Ciconians struck back |
