| A | B |
|---|
| Odyssey | king of Ithaca |
| Helios | the sun god |
| Zeus | king of the gods |
| Calypso | a sea goddess who loved Odysseus |
| Alcinous | ruler of Phaeacia (Odysseus tells Alcinous his story for a ship) |
| Laertes | Odysseus' father |
| Ithaca | Odysseus' home country (island off the west coast of Greece) |
| Circe | sorceress-goddess, ruler of the island Aeaea (helps or advises Odysseus along his journey) |
| Achaeans | Greeks (Odysseus' men) |
| Lotus-Eaters | provide Odysseus' men with the flower that makes them lose their ambition for home |
| Cyclops | a race of giants with one eye in the middle of their forehead |
| Polyphemus | cyclops who was speared in the eye by Odysseus (son of Poseidon) |
| Appollo | the god of music, poetry, prophecy, and medicine |
| Agamemnon | the king who led the Greeks during the Trojan War |
| Poseidon | god of the sea and earthquakes |
| Athena | goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare |
| Tiresias | the blind prophet Odysseus visits in Hades |
| Perimedes | Odysseus' crew member |
| Eurylochus | Odysseus' crew member |
| Persephone | wife of Hades |
| Elpenor | Odysseus' dead crew member; died falling off of Circe's roof |
| Telemachus | Odysseus' son |
| Anticlea | Odysseus' mother |
| Scylla | a sea monster of gray rock |
| Charybdis | an enorous and danderous whirlpool |
