| A | B |
|---|
| Odysseus | man of many ways |
| Calypso | nymph who keeps O for 7 years |
| Poseidon | God of the sea, hates O |
| Polyphemus | a Cyclops, son of Poseidon |
| Nausicaa | daughter of Phaeacian king |
| Alcinous | Phaeacian king |
| Arete | Phaeacian queen |
| Athena | goddess of wisdom and trickery |
| Penelope | loyal wife of O |
| Menelaus | king of Sparta, husband of Helen |
| Helen | wife of Menelaus, started Trojan War |
| Antinous | leading bad suitor |
| Zeus | king of gods |
| Hermes | messenger god |
| Hephaestus | lame god of crafts |
| Nestor | king of Pylos, wise ruler |
| Mentor | friend of O's family; disguise for Athena |
| Telemachus | son of O |
| Eurymachus | second most evil suitor |
| Eurycleia | O's and Telem's old nurse |
| Ino | nymph with beautiful ankles |
| Laertes | O's father |
| Anticleia | O's mother |
| Medon | herald in Ithaca |
| Demodocus | blind Phaeacian bard |
| Cicones | first men attacked by O's men |
| Cyclopes | one-eyed, antisocial giants |
| Laestrygonians | hostile man-eating giants |
| Antiphates | king of the Laestrygonians |
| Circe | enchantress who turns men to pigs |
| Eurylochus | chief sailor in O's crew |
| Teiresias | blind prophet in the Underworld |
| Elpenor | O's sailor who falls from Circe's roof |
| Scylla | takes 6 men from every passing ship |
| Charybdis | destructive whirlpool |
| Sirens | bird-women who lure men to death by singing |
| Eumaeus | swineherd loved by Homer |
| Theoclymenus | prophet who asks Telemachus for sanctuary |
| Melanthius | evil goatherd, mocks O |
| Melantho | evil maid, mocks O |
| Amphinomus | polite suitor |
| Phemius | bard in Ithaca |
| Argus | O's faithful hound |
| Leodes | priest for suitors |
