| A | B |
|---|
| Telemachus | O's son |
| Penelope | O's faithful, clever wife |
| Eurymachus | two-faced suitor |
| Antinous | leading, worst suitor |
| Nausicaa | princess of Phaeacians |
| Alcinous | king of Phaeacians |
| Arete | queen of Phaeacians |
| Demodocus | bard of Phaeacians |
| Euryalus | Phaeacian who insults O |
| Eurycleia | O's and Tel's nurse |
| Eurynome | Ithacan housekeeper |
| Eurylochus | chief of O's sailors |
| Achilles | best Greek fighter, died at Troy |
| Aegisthus | killer of Agamemnon |
| Aeolus | king of the winds |
| Agamemnon | brother of Menelaus, killed by Aegisthus |
| Menelaus | husband of Helen, king of Sparta |
| Helen | wife of Menelaus, cause of Trojan War |
| Anticleia | O's mother |
| Laertes | O's father |
| Antiphates | king of Laestrygonians |
| Aphrodite | goddess of love |
| Ares | god of war |
| Hephaestus | god of metalwork, husband of Aph |
| Apollo | god of the sun |
| Calypso | nymph who keeps O seven years |
| Ino | gives O a scarf, nice ankles |
| Circe | witch who turns men into pigs |
| Polyphemus | Cyclops blinded by O, son of Poseidon |
| Poseidon | god of the sea, enemy of O |
| Hera | Zeus's wife, queen of gods |
| Hermes | messenger god |
| Medon | herald of Ithaca |
| Mentor | friend of O's family; disguise of Athena |
| Orestes | son of Aga and Clytem; avenges Aga |
| Proteus | god with many forms; wrestled with Menelaus |
| Elpenor | youngest sailor of O, falls off Circe's roof |
